Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 5 doc

... exercise: The dark youth does a som- ersault or two and the fair one some sketchy calisthenics. Then, in perfect uni- son, they stop, lift up the wardrobe, and begin to stagger up the beach. Because the ... Wardrobe, both the look of the two main characters—ami- able and slightly goofy—and their innocent exuberance on the beach quickly endear them to us. They treat one another...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 17:20

... makes the character an observer; a second-person position places the character in the role of guide throughout the story; finally, the first-person position places the character in the middle of the ... Scriptwriting (Boston: Focal Press, 1991), 154 . 5. Adisa Lasana Septuri, The View From Here,” Graduate Department of Film and Television, New York University, New York, 19...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 08:15

... in the short film than in the longer dra- matic form. The most obvious reason is the best one: there is too little time available to the writer to allow the action to develop on its own. Whether ... con- cern about the impending nightfall. The irony increases tension. The most dangerous factor in the climb to the peak is the loss of day- light. If the personal in...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 08:15

... politically active in the community, whereas the main character is concerned with the 158 Writing the Short Film Ch13.qxd 9/27/04 6:10 PM Page 158 spiritual—as opposed to the everyday—life of ... Page 159 The narrative shape. Mike Van Diem chooses to frame his story with a murder (of the father) and an interrogation of the son. The story is then narrated by the s...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 08:15

... fabulist in their content that realism is actually beside the point. A similar quality infuses the majority of Chaplin’s work. At the other extreme, the films of the Marx Brothers dwell on the anarchy that ... becomes the one good person” who can change the lives of others. Here the moral lesson is that communities sometimes are too quick to label their members and thereby li...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 08:15

... beyond belief, and yet together they set the moral parameters of this story. 194 Writing the Short Film Ch 15. qxd 9/27/04 6:11 PM Page 194 Later the fantastic is joined by the macabre. Oscar’s parents ... Wilson, using his body to help another reborn client. The Dramatic Arc The journey that Arthur Hamilton, 55 -year-old banker, will take is to be transformed into a 3 5...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 15:16

... of the four. But as in the first two, the nar- ration is a voice-over. In the last of the odes, “Ode to the Table,” the narra- tion is sung, as a choral piece. The goal is to make the table the ... the tourist boats that peddle the story of Paris as they glide up and down the Seine. Many of the great sites the Eiffel Tower, the glass pyramid leading into the L...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 15:16

... as the story of the week, the micro- story—has altered the look and story shape of the hour-long TV film. More recently, the 30-and 60-second commercial have begun to take on the shape of the ... viewpoint, the short film is best viewed as an investment in the ‘filmmaker’s professional develop- ment. The lack of commercial potential remains the greatest limiter to...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 15:16

... capacity for the voice of the writer and the director. First, we will address the proximity of the short film to the other arts. Unlike the feature film, in the United States the short film has strong ... both qualities of the commercial that have increasingly migrated into the short film. THE NONLINEAR FILM Another directional influence on the short...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 15:16

... bye. Marty hangs up the phone. Stephanie just looks him, as if to say “Well?” 242 Writing the Short Film App-A.qxd 9/27/04 6:01 PM Page 242 MARTY (CONT.) (quickly) My grandmother had a heart ... goes up to the podium. MIDDLE-AGED MAN (composed) David was my brother, my business partner, my closest friend . . . Marty jots some notes. An OLD WOMAN quietly sobs, but the rest of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 15:16