Pre-Production for any movie or TV show requires writing for the TV audience. The documents to know about include the Treatment, the Script, the Storyboard, and the Proposal.
Check out the TV Writing Workshop powerpoint here:
Writing for TV Powerpoint
Assignment: Write a one page Treatment and on a separate document, write a 2-3 page Script using camera shots and dialogue. Script out a scene that you already know or a scene that you make up on your own.
DUE FRIDAY Jan 20th.
TEST on Ch. 8 & Powerpoint content: Fri Jan. 20th
See example below:
VIDEO
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Audio
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WS EXT: FRONT OF WHEELER HS -
Morning
MS CARL - He gets out of his
mom’s car; pauses
CU – He looks up
MS CARL’S MOM
LS CROWDED HALL; CARL GETS JOSTLED BY STRANGERS
MS CARL WALKS INTO CLASS
MS TEACHER LOOKS UP; SEES HIM, NODS
MS OF DWAYNE – CLASSMATE SITTING NEXT TO CARL
CU CARL
CU DWAYNE
CU CARL NODS
CU DWAYNE NODDING
MS OF CARL SMILING
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(Nat Sound – car engines, birds, people)
(Car Engine)
(Car Engine fades away – single cello piece swells & fades)
Mom: I’ll see you after school. Good luck today.
Carl: Ok.
(Nat sound: loud hallway, laughter, etc)
(Bell Rings)
Dwayne (whispers): Hey. What’s up? What’s your name?
Carl: Uh.. Carl.
Dwayne: I’m Dwayne. Is this your first day here?
Carl: Yep. I hate it.
Dwayne: What lunch do you
have?
Carl: A lunch?
Dwayne: Aw, me too. Let’s chill later.
Carl: Cool.
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