Spinning Our Web

Our journey with writing our script still continues. Although such a task is relatively easy due to the fact that our treatment is rather informative, we still had a bit of trouble. We tended to write out every action rather than simply let the story flow. Yet, now that we know the problem, I feel like we will both do better.

 

Another problem we encountered was establishing the problem/challenge in Act I. Although Jachelle and I know what the problem is--our main character, Finn Grey, is a pushover and befriends the school loner--we did not know how to exactly transfer that onto the script. I feel like such a problem is too general and so it may be applied to the whole story rather than pertaining to Act I only. Jachelle and I will work even harder to ensure that our Act I will be excellent because that is the stepping stone for the following acts.

 

This is also a new experience because I do not think we have never been told to break apart our script. Usually, we write the whole script through and revise it later. However, by doing this instead, the process allows for growth because we are able to catch our mistakes before and avoid them later on. Yes, this includes rewriting and revising almost everything, but that is a very good thing actually, even if it is time-consuming. Like Mr. Lemos always says: writing is rewriting.

 

I also like how our teacher, Mr. Lemos, is personally helping us. By dividing us into groups of two, Mr. Lemos can then discuss our projects and truly give us helpful advice. This is really good because it gives us an opportunity to excel but at the same time, we can always ask for help and guidance.

 

Throughout this whole process however, I hate how Jachelle always has good ideas. She is constantly creating new and wonderful scenarios that only make our story more alive. I also hate how amazing she is when it comes to combining our different ideas which allows us to embellish our story, improving it. We work quite well together and I truly hope we end up in the same group in order to produce this film because I believe it will be extremely fun.