Hollie Marshall Script
Instructions and guidelines - phase one

o Characters come alive
o Conflict
o Satifactory conclusion and/or resolution
o Avoid stereotypes
o Stories can leave you wondering
o Scenes Where does the story take place? (location/time)
o Dialogue
o Act 1- Beginnig: exposition/inciting event
o Act 2- Middle: conflict/complication
o Act 3- End: resolution
o Who is the protagonist? (Main character who drives the story)
o What do they want? What gets in the way? What do they do?
o (goals + conflict = actions)
o Title
o Scene headings
o Dialogue
o Character cues
o Personal direction

Original idea

i have began writing about a woman/girl who is dreaming and this dream is going to be all flashbacks of her past and basically her past is her trying to live up to her mothers expectations/standards and for her to get to this stage she has gone thru emotional and mental abuse from her mother who thinks little of her daughter, but in the end the resolution is she is the only one who can give herself the acceptance she needs. i want it to be surreal throughout the dreams with black and white and kind of that creepy eerie sense of childhood like the nursery rhymes kinda thing.

I sent this email to jules for feedback on his thoughts for my script, he emailed me back saying he liked it but thinks it would be much better if I didn't have the flashbacks. So the challenge is how can I achieve the feelings that I described and the backstory without the flashbacks. Im going to watch a video on a mother daughter relationship to get some good ideas on how to work with subtext the underlining meaning and showing her emotions and feelings without her having the direct flashbacks this therefore would give it a bit more of a twist i still want to keep to the surreal theme but i want to make it more like a emotional piece.

Not too long ago i did a presentation in my tutorial with jules, about who inspires me. The person i chose was My dads cousin Nicola she is a sound editor and has worked on many films such as the Harry Potters, Batman Begins, Blood chocolate. I have spoken to her recently and she has said she might be able to give me some work experience either over the easter or during the summer and if she couldnt she would try n find someone who would!! things are looking up hey hey!

Con Air

OMG!!!!

I have only recently watched this film but this scene i could not have laughed harder i had to watch it over and over specially when Nicholas Cage- 'Poe' says "put the bunny back in the box," and "Now why couldn't you just av' put the bunny in the box"
ha so comical this film was brilliant and one of Cages best he showed real character in some of his films i feel he plays the same old characters but in this i felt him come out and explore this new character and really believe it was him.

HO HO HO

Merry Christmas everyone hope you all have alot of festive fun over the holidays!!!!

I have recently watched Gangs of New York on my boyfriends new 40" Full HD 1080p which by the way is amazing to watch it makes such a difference i couldn't believe it, it is like i was filming pah i wish!!! Anyway back on track i saw this scene and thought the sots of the knives was brilliant, this is the way i want to start shooting and editing by having the better clips to join and thinking before hand about the shots i will need to make this take place for example i wish in my Robin hood i would have got shots of him showing his weapons with some better shots such as close ups and camera covering the weapons!

Gangs of New York

Final piece of robin hood!

Well, we presented our final piece of Robin Hood to Deb and Danny! I wasn't as satisfied with the final piece as i thought i would have been as the director. The sound quality wasn't repaired which i was dreading happening because it was a large part as it was our main audio, this involved it switching from mono to stereo. This would definately be something i would look further int next time to correct but i understand as a director if i was working for a client that would not be acceptable! This has really shook me up and made me realise that pieces that i think ok that will do wont do for clients i may be working for in the future, also realising im in my second year and i have only just had this epiphany isn't good enough i need to buckle up and set my standards for my work higher!

Seeing the Script Seminar

Write an Outline for the Film.

Norbit is a normal yet a little slow guy, who is adopted as a baby by a chinese man in his 50's called Mr Wong. Norbit grows up with his childhood sweetheart Kate, but Kate is adopted and Norbit is left at the orphanage on his own, Norbit is bullied at school and saved by a big girl called Rasputia, she makes Norbit her boyfriend and they become childhood sweethearts who marry, But then Kate comes back to buy Mr Wongs Orphanage. Norbit plans to win Kate back till he finds she has a Fiance called Deion, Norbit finds out Deion is a Gold Digger and wanting Kates money and won't give up till the truth is availed.

Single-Camera Video Production By Robert b. Musburger

The Book i chose was 'Single-Camera Video Production By Robert b. Musburger', the paragraph that i chose to read was 'The Editing Function'.

'Most editors believe the truly creative portion of video production takes place in the editing room, and many directors and producers agree. Video editing is a function that requires a combination of technical and aesthetic knowledge and unlimited patience', 'A good editor knows the limits of the equipment and can use those limits without creating technical problems.', 'Editing is often a long, tedious process that stretches even the most patient people to their limit.'

This relates to me as i believe editing is one of the biggest jobs in media and one that recieves the most pressure, if i was a producer or director i would be relying on the editor to give me what i have invisaged and described to him. I agree with the quote 'Editing is often a long, tedious process'. I like the idea that he explains that even the most patient people can get stressed and wokred to their limit, this makes me feel better about the wokr i do and how stressed and worked up i can get, and wonder if what im doing is worthwhile, btu to know that other people feel this too even the best editors is great.

Our Planning and Research for Fictional Character Study

Questions for Robin HOOD!?

Can you tell us a little about your upbringing and how you ended up in Nottingham?

Is your plans to be involved in film and acting always in your mind and how do you intend to achieve ambitions outside of the tales?

Did you see yourself becoming Robin Hood or was there some other plan for your life?

Do you prefer the technical side of your job, the acting side or the educational side?

What aspect of your job gives you the most satisfaction?

The Tale Of Robin Hood

This is our Draft of our Fictional Interview. We interview Tony Rotheram who plays the character of Robin Hood for the Robin Hood Centre!

Holding Patterns

We were set a task by jules to create a Storyboard and short film from a speechless script! this is my group and my interpertation of the script. I wasn't as pleased with the pixel quality as we exported on quicktime and wasnt that pleased with the outcome! but the ideas we had i thought were good.

Holding Pattern

Holding pattern

Holding Pattern

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHblpac9iM

We adapted our idea for the Shot Design and decided to use the idea of Anorexia and to show how the girl is feelin on the inside by showing it on the outside. for example the bruising on her face and the mess she is in and using the different things around her shows she has all her comforts around her but stil she cannot feel safe and ok. she also is centred in the middle of the piece which will how isolated and little she is and so frail!

The shooting went really well and we were able to get the whole thing in the first shooting. we managed to change the lights around to make a different ambience, we managed to create an eerie blair witch type effect. We have yet to put the video onto youtube but i have some of the stills from the shoot.