New Adventure

This week in film class, we learned how to write a two column script for the first time. This new type of script was used to write out our "How To Video" treatment and make it more solid. Although I had heard about two column scripts before, I did not really have much experience with writing one until recently. At first, it was a bit challenging because I had never done this sort of task and so I kept wondering if I was doing it right or if I was completely off.

 

 Mostly, I worried about the length because I did not want it to be over the time limit. I kept adding dialogue and so I was concerned that the length of conversation would ultimately be too much but it was something that I needed to add because the conversation provided necessary explanations for the task at hand. But all my worries were mainly about the more technical elements involving the script rather than the actual writing part.

 

However, I enjoyed writing the dialogue because it was rather something easy to do considering that the conversation had to be natural and smooth as possible. Another aspect that was easy to complete were the needed steps that to be shown. Since we had already written our treatments with the steps, it was easy to then transfer them onto the script.

 

Another interesting part this week was learning how to shoot a live show using three cameras. There is so much work involved, yet it is quite exciting because it is something new and fun.

This new lesson has only made me realize how much I truly enjoy film class and so I cannot wait until next year when this lesson transforms into something normal and routine to be done every week. It feels that the last two years of film went by so quickly and now we have to be ready how to manage this new task.

 

I especially like the fact that this new project holds various components so that others can pick and choose what they want to do. Since each part, from talent to floor manager, is so different, it allows for each person to experience something new so it will never get boring or simple.

 

However, this also showed me the great importance of teamwork. Although there are several different elements to this new project, each part relies on another part to be completed. Due to this, each person must fully understand what he is responsible for and complete his job well.

 

This whole project relies heavily on teamwork but I believe in everyone so this project, and the whole of next year, will be amazing.