Fiction Film Prep (Script due today) & Rebel Without a Cause

During period 1:

Today please complete and print out your script. For your next film project, if you are planning to work with others (up to 6 other students can collaborate on a film), get together in your small groups and read each others' scripts. Decide on the best script to use for your short narrative film. You, of course, may elect to work alone in which case please start thinking about the following:

1. Plan my film. Who will I need as actors in this film? Do I have friends or family members that might be willing to help me out?
2. What locations will I need to shoot? Can some established shots be still pictures from the internet or from my own digital camera?
3. What props, set pieces, or costumes will I need to acquire to make the film work?
4. Fill out a storyboard for each scene (see PAGES, there's a template there).
5. Create a shooting calendar. How much time is the film shooting likely to take? Begin to organize and plan ahead.

2nd period:

We will begin screening: Rebel Without a Cause starring Natalie Wood and James Dean.
As you watch the film, please prepare a character action grid for two of the following characters (you can mix & match them):

Jim Stark, John "Plato" Crawford, Judy, Frank Stark, Goon.