Hey everybody, and welcome back to my blog! Today's post will be about writing our script. Tejal and I worked together to write it, so without further ado, let's get right into it!
The length of our brief is supposed to be two minutes (since it's only the opening of a film, nothing more). So, because each page of a script roughly translates to one minute, that means we have to write two pages.
We already have the general idea for our script, that being, as Tejal put it, " a girl who is an outcast and a guy who is a popular jock that both judge each other for their social cliques but eventually fall in love due to their differences." I truly couldn't have put it better myself. With all that established already, we outlined what we need to write for our brief. Since it's only the opening, we mainly need to get exposition and establishing characters out of the way. We only want to setup and tease the story, not lay it all out in front of the audience right at the start. So, Tejal and I got a word document opened up and we focused on basic description to "set the scene."
As for our characters, Tejal and I decided on the names Jessi and Jackson. The names feel quite appropriate for modern day high-schoolers, which will help with the relatability of our script. I myself know multiple Jacksons and a Jessi, so it fits perfectly. And speaking of names, we settled on a final name for our film (credit to Tejal for this fantastic idea): Different Worlds. The driving feature of our story is how these two characters come from such diametrically opposed worlds yet still fall in love, so the name is perfect!
Now that we got back into scriptwriting, we left the first half dialogue-free. We were partly reassured by Addisyn Kostzer's brief from last year, titled "Jezebel," that an opening doesn't necessarily need dialogue. So, because it's describing setting and actions, it didn't seem like an issue. We then wrote the next scene, which did have dialogue this time. This helped to further establish the characters, but now through what they say instead of what they do.
We ended up finishing the script today, which was really solid progress made. Now that we've given our characters names (so they aren't Jock Guy and Alt Girl anymore), it feels like the story is really coming to life. I can't wait to see how our actual finished product turns out. That's all for today's post, so I'll see you all in the next one. Stay tuned!
Also, for those who want to read our script, I unfortunately can't attach it here (who knows why) but it should be attached in Tejal's post, which is linked below. Enjoy!
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