Scripting For Media Unit 22

‘Angle’ isn’t a term so often used when talking about fiction scripts. However, it’s still relevant. It might also be called a script’s ‘take’ on something, its perspective, its message, its attitude, its approach. Robert McKee makes the point in his well-known film-writing book Story that character development is story. Any worthwhile story is the story of how a character (or several characters) develops. What does Scrooge actually want at the start of the story? Money To be left alone To keep people and emotions at a distance What does he actually get at the end? He gets his emotional involvement in other people back. As a result, he no longer cares about gaining money – its now only useful for building relationships and connecting with people. What does Scrooge do? He turns charity workers away. He is mean-spirited towards Bob Cratchit. He has chances to behave differently – but rejects them. At the end, he behaves differently, giving gifts, helping others. Why do the gh...

  Ideas: 1. Age rating - 15 Location: creepy forest in the countryside.  Theme: mysterious kidnappings. House is haunted by multiple murders, and people keep disappearing and ending up in strange locations.  Villain - a sociopath with crazy ideas and hyperactivity. Hero - People who escape the villain and track him down. 2. Age rating - 15 Location: Town at night. Theme: Creepy sounds are heard everywhere. The town is haunted, and people keep having strange feelings. Villain - Ghosts. Hero - People who found the source and freed the town of the curse.  3. Age rating - 15 Location: Astbury, mere  Theme: Drowning people Villain - A crazy man that drowns people that are going on walks. Hero - A person walking a dog sees it happening and kills the villain.  Idea Chosen: Idea 1 Narrative Conventions of Horror Movies: Mise-en-scène Horror movies often show scary places like dark forests, empty houses, and dimly lit rooms. This creates tension...

Fiction and non-fiction media products can have differing pre-production requirements that can impact the planning and writing of the script to achieve an affordable, appropriate and successful product. Non-Fiction Blue Planet Chernobyl David Beckham Documentary True Crime Documentaries Police Interceptors Fiction Grand Theft Auto Fast and Furious NCIS Harry Potter Game of Thrones Fiction and Non-Fiction Scripts Issues Some issues arise with nonfiction, as some nonfiction scripts, such as Jeffery Dahmer, have been over-scripted and overdramatised, which makes them nonfiction; however, with how much they are scripted, they can also fall into fiction. Also, non-fiction scripts must film everything before they can script the narrative and the voiceovers. Issues with Fiction scripts in video games have to have multiple options and directions that players can pick, so they have to create multiple storylines and scripts for each section. Considerations Of Non-Fiction There are a lot of consi...