Production Notes 9/29

Definitions:
Storyboards - "visual outline of the final edit of the film. A diagram of the process in which a film will be shot and assembled"

Interior Objectives - character's needs, conscious or unconscious, resolved through the story

External Objectives - character's goals or wants, which he/she is actively striving to attain throughout the movie

Internal Obstacles - Psychological biases - what keeps a character from fulfilling needs. ex. fear

External Obstacles - Physical barriers that character needs to overcome to accomplish goals

Means - abverbs, HOW a character carries out actions of the film - way in which character goes about overcoming his obstacles

Public Life - facade a character presents to the world

Private Life - true nature a character hides to be accepted by the groups that he wants to belong to

Actions - physical things a character does to accomplish goals (distinguished from 'means' - the how of the actions)

Independent Activities - actions a character takes that are indepedent of the story

Windows of True Nature - glimpses of 'private life'

Beat - change in a dramatic flow (Pepperman - 'bits of moments')

Shot List - contains what the shots are


Visualization Process:
Step 1. Director's Script Breakdown (gets to emotional core of the film)
a. Script Wash - letting script wash over you & recording emotional reactions
b. Finding the Arc of the Story - "emotional arc that characters travel through in the story from beginning to end"
-Internal/Ext. Objectives of characters
-Int/Ext Obstacles
-Means
-Public Life
-Private Life
c. Scene by scene breakdown
-Actions
-Independent Activities
-Windows of True Nature

Step 2. Marking the Script - mark script to indicate shots & cuts, Director & DP do this together

Step 3. Shot list

Step 4. Shooting Script - all shots written in SCENE Heading format

Step 5. Storyboards