Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 35 docx
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 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
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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 son....
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 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...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 45 docx
... you girls wanna take a ride?
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LUCY and IRIS stare out at the MAN, then turn to look
at each other. They are dazed.
IRIS
But . . . ... you use the right kind.
LUCY
I kinda like it this way.
IRIS
I guess you always had the prettiest hair.
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IRIS fi...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 47 docx
... sits in the bubbles up to her neck. Her dry
hair hangs over the edge of the tub. She picks up a
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lipstick from the edge of the tub ... off.
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Julie lifts her hands off the keyboard and the organ
dies.
JULIE
It is off.
SHEILA
Take it easy,...
Tài liệu Writing the short film 3th - Part 49 docx
... drawing of Santa lying in a pool of blood. Below,
in the hand writing of an eight-year-old, are the words:
SANTA LIES.
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Chuck shakes his ... shoulders.
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CHUCK
Hey, it’s your day at the track, but if you ask me,
no one likes to bet on a horse t...