Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 29 doc
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 29 doc
... 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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 20 docx
... 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 ... tell the story.
Another feature of characterization in the short film is the speed with
which the main character must be established. Again, time constraints mean
t...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 23 docx
... 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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 25 docx
... the issue of res-
olution has been the end point of the story. However, a number of story-
tellers have begun to opt for no resolution—or to put it another way, for an
162 Writing the Short Film ... enables the
character to achieve his goal.
The second plot line about the documentary filmmaker is a situation com-
edy. The character’s goal is to produce ethically worthy d...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 30 doc
... in the end a byprod-
uct of the scale of the plot. Whether that plot is a war, a difficult journey, or
other challenge, the ritualization of the confrontations with the opposing
forces makes the ... beyond belief, and yet together
they set the moral parameters of this story.
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Later the fantastic is joined...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 33 docx
... 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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 34 doc
... 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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 35 docx
... 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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 37 docx
... bye.
Marty hangs up the phone. Stephanie just looks him, as
if to say “Well?”
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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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 42 docx
... skillfully inserts the
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crowbar between the outer doors and begins to lever.
Scarlet levers the doors open and pulls them apart. Miss
Peach ... Scarlet, the other carries
the candle. They begin to climb the stairs, HUFFING and
PUFFING. A group of three PEOPLE come charging down
the stairs. They have party bl...