Welcome to the second section in my mini-series: Stepping into the Roles of a GFP Crew Member. In this series, I hope to open up a small window, letting you get a glimpse into what an amateur film maker's life is truly like. So, without further adieu,
STEP 2: Screenplays
Of course, most modern actors wouldn't
have jobs if we had no scripts; thus comes step number two:
screenplays. For RUMPELSTILTSKIN, I wrote, and did a form of the
storyboard, but for most films I co-write and leave the blocking to
others who are more skilled with cinematography. Writing is almost as
difficult as brainstorming; in some ways it's harder. Scripting is
pivotal not only for the purpose of the actors, but for the whole
crew, it's the way we get our ideas organized and file them into an
orderly document. We all have ideas that could potentially create the
epic films of tomorrow, but the diamonds are hidden in
the mines of our thoughts, writing them out into scripts or
sketching them out into visual storyboards is the solution for
figuring out what we truly want in the film.
However, breaking through those mines
can often reveal things that you had never thought of before. Unlike
the Brainstorming side of things, scripting isn't fully dependent on
whims, but it still requires a mind that has an even mix of
creativity and practicality.
Forever One of a Kind,
M.G. <3
Very, very true. :D
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