Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Script Reading Project

HOMEWORK: Please read the article on Documentaries for Friday. You will be starting a documentary film project next week. In addition, please read your chosen script (see below):


As potential writers and makers of films, it is important that you get to know the proper format for creating a film script. Since the Golden Age of Film is so heavily dependent on sound, and therefore dialogue, these film scripts are a good example of tightly written, albeit talky, stories. Please choose one of the following scripts to read by next week. You will be required to write an analysis paper examining material that will be covered next class regarding the script you choose. Use the time in lab to read after you have completed your viewing of the film clips from the 1930's below.

Scripts:

Duck Soup (Marx Brothers), written by Bert Kelmer, Harry Ruby, Grover Jones (formatted correctly)

Grand Hotel, written by Bela Belazs (formatted correctly)

The Wizard of Oz, written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allen Woolf (formatted correctly)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, written by Robert Riskin & Clarence Kelland (dialogue formatted incorrectly)

It Happened One Night, written by Robert Riskin (formatted incorrectly from a transcript)

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