9/10/12

So i'm not exactly sure which format we agreed on as a class, so until we go over the official rules for blogging THIS year, I guess I will use the formatting from last year.

Anyway, over the past couple of weeks, I have been working on my very first screenplay. After doing Crystal's workshop over the summer, I was inspired. I had (Still have) A writer's block when it comes to my play, and the screenplay ideas have been flowing out so I have been putting my focus onto that.

It is unnamed as of now, but it's about Austin Kratner, a teenage boy, who copes with the suicide of his best friend, Danielle "Dani" Gold.

I have about 13 pages done already, but today, I worked on one of the monologues. I don't know if that is good or bad, but when an idea pops into my head I have to write it, even if it is at the complete end of the story.

In this scene, Austin is finally opening up about what went down minutes before Dani killed herself.

Austin: I stayed in the hallway for a little while to let her cool off. A half hour passed and I thought I would check up on her cause I hadn’t heard her moving around in a while, but when I went to go open the door, it was locked (his eyes tear up) I yelled her name a few times, but there wasn’t an answer. Her mom must have heard me because she came up as soon as I started yelling. She tried getting Dani to open the door, but, nothing. So her dad tried, and after a while we knew something was wrong. He went and got the key to her room and there she was, lying on the bed with blood trickling down her arms, completely unconscious, blade in hand.(Austin begins to cry; Kelly reaches out and grabs his hand) By the time we got to the hospital it was too late. She had lost way too much blood to have a transfusion; her brain was already swelling too much. She died within minutes.

6/14/12

I finished up the storyboard for "Imani Redman's Master Class" today.  However, I am having trouble uploading the pictures. I also spent some time planning out the schedule for our shoot, because the actors need it ASAP. This is what I came up with

1:30- 1:45: Set-up (Everyone)
1:45-1:55- Teacher Scene (Teacher, Imani, Students)
1:55-2:15- Interviews/ Imani's Monologues (Imani, Bri, Vinny, Becca, Colleen
2:15-2:40- Acting Scene (Imani, Bri, Vinny)
2:40- 2:55- Dance Scene (Imani, Becca, Vinny)
2:55- 3:10- Playwriting (Imani, Brett, Colleen)

6/13/12

Today we finally got the final script for "Imani Redman's Master Class" done. Because of that, I was able to begin the storyboard. After seeing Scarlett's storyboards today, I looked at some of the things I was missing such at the dialogue that begins the scene. I also decided that I really need to start attempting to draw complete faces and bodies and not just outlines. So I attempted it and I worked on the first part of the film

I also contacted all of the actors and sent them the script.

6/12/12

For the rest of the year, I have decided to focus on a project in collaboration with Imani and Brett. We have been talking about it for weeks now, and we finally have a script made and I am in the process of creating a storyboard for it. It is a short film called "Imani Redman's Master Class." We decided to create this because of the recent topic of people our age being scammed by agencies who are only interested in our money. Brett is writing the script, I will be filming/directing, and Imani is starring in it as the creator and teacher in the master class. Our cast will also include Vinny Begina, a film student who Imani randomly says will "be a star", Rebecca Bazychek, who will be one of Imani's Dance Students, and Colleen Lezark, who has no background with the arts at all, and is thrown into a playwriting class. We know that they aren't actors, but we purposely did that to get across  the point that we are trying to make. I read Bretts script today, and just gave my notes. I know these are not usually notes that someone should give a writer, but since we were doing this and giving idea's as collaborators, I just added some things I want to change:

-During Me and Vinny's interview, I'd rather do the "Your paying for this too." thing (That was something Brett and I discussed this afternoon)

-The end was pretty much good, but I just wanna change a few of the lines if you don't mind.

Ex:

(Imani is in the middle of screaming at everyone in the class, Mr. Wu opens the door)

Teacher: Imani, what are you doing?

Imani: I was just... ugh...

Teacher: Out.

Imani: What?

Teacher: OUT!

Imani: But this is (Looks into camera) IMANI REDMAN'S MAST..

Teacher: NOW!

6/11/12

Instead of writing one monologue. I have decided to turn it into a web series depending on where it goes.  I am still going to follow the idea of the support group. I want to have at least 4 characters with an eating disorder, and the person who runs the support group. Here are the ideas I have for characters so far:

Girl 1- Has Bulimia Nervosa . Knows that she has to be at the support group and makes the most of her time there
Girl 2-  Over Exercises and  under-eats.  Is convinced she doesn't have a problem and doesn't know why she is being forced to attend the support group.
Girl 3- Has Anorexia Nervosa , and is against the idea of the support group
Girl 4- Has Binge Eating Disorder. Feels she is wasting her time at the group.
Women In Charge of The Group: Is very supportive of the girls and tries to help as best as she can, but secretly suffers from Bulimia.

6/6/12

I liked the direction my writing was going in yesterday. However, I do want it to go on longer, and I wan't the girl to have some type of breakthrough while speaking. Since the SOC worked pretty well last time, i'm going to do it again.

SOC:
Cause your there for me too.. hahahahaha watching friends. thats a good show, all the good shows on tv ended. wompppppppppppppppp im so bored. I just wanna be less bored. I have no life. I do but I dont. I don't know what i'm saying. Oh how I wish that was meeeeeee. good song, good song. ice breakers. monte carlo. bump bump. Hector chatted me, I shoud answer that. Lalalalalala apples. apples. spicy. wow. I shouldn't watch tv while doing this. too many distractions. I want a pony. I like olives. meow. Womp. well this is pointless. I have nothing. Im drawing a blank. bump bump bump. Dance show tommorow. Working front of house. Hair dye. I wanna dye my hair again. Red. Brown. Black. Black? that might be weird. dooooop derp derp derp. When your livin in america, at the end of the milenium. Your what you own. Oh rent. rent rent rent rent. Everything is rent. good show. lalalaa I'm gonna stop now. This isnt working.

6/5/12

I decided to start writing a screenplay on my own for The Binge Love Purge Hate Campaign. I definitely want to work with Emily and Hayley on the other one, but for now I do want to start producing my own work. I started using the ideas I had from my last blog posts SOC. The idea I have is, a girl is in a support group, and she is describing her feelings toward her situation. It will be a monologue type thing. This is what I have so far:

"I really don't know what to say right now. Um, this is pretty useless to me honestly. I don't need to be here. I don't have a problem. I made one mistake, I get what I did wrong. So why can't I leave? Well, that's a stupid question, the doctor said I have to be here. But I feel like this is really unproductive. No offense. This is supposed to be helping me, but I mean come on. I don't need any help. I've always been able to solve things on my own, what makes anyone think this is different?"