Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Initial problems with our script


Once handing in our script and discussing with other class groups, my group and I realised that we had done our script wrong. We weren't 100% sure on the format and turns out that the script had to be formatted in a table in chronological order - similar to the script I done for the story telling unit however in a table so that anyone in the cast can view it and see whats happening. It should look something like this:

An example of scripting from a powerpoint,
supplied from our course leader Helen.
Therefore before even having feedback, we knew that we would have to begin our script again so that it follows this format. Nonetheless, this doesn't effect our grade as this is only our first draft, so there is still plenty time for improvements.

What feedback did we receive?

After recognising the problem just discussed with Helen, she then went into detail about our actual idea and how we're going to do it. Below are some key points of feedback and help Helen gave us:

     - Make sure that we allow the narrative to merge and flow easily between the two characters. This 
       can be done by letting the story continue from each character i.e. following a question from each 
       character.
     - Helen showed us an example of a Gaga superfan, from the 'Graham Norton Show'. This allows us
       to follow what sort of reactions we may want from a fan, which we should research more into.
     - Leading on from the previous points, Helen stated that our two characters must differ. What
       exactly do we want to hear from each fan? A funny fan? Or one whose hero has helped the
       character generally build themselves? How do they feed from their hero + what they get
     - We spoke about our Girls Aloud fan. Because the group are no longer more, maybe we should
       instead focus on the aftermath? Reactions to the split, any future plans, etc.
     - Potentially using a tribute band for actuality evidence. This would work better for the Girls Aloud
       fan as it provides something extra to do in the future.

Generally, this feedback was useful as it now seems clearer as to what to do for our script. The idea of making our girls aloud fan more of an aftermath too is likely to be more effective as it is different to Jake (Gaga fan) plus the idea is quite original. Our plans now are to redo our script following the correct format as well as to continue to prepare and find more information about our characters (especially with the bouncer)!



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