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Write A Pitch
The Synopsis outlines the spine of the story, detailing central characters, arena, principal events, climax and conclusion. It should be written in an objective, economical style and direct itself to an account of the story only: the Synopsis should exclude comment of any kind. The Analysis will identify and discuss…
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Reflection Week 8
This has been the most difficult week so far. I think I may have writer’s block and it’s made me realise that I’ve never managed to finish a project I’ve started (unless I was being paid for the project to be finished on a deadline). So now is more important…
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Kickstarter Reviews.
From what I’ve seen, a good campaign combines a mixture of a catchy title, sub heading and premise along with good rewards! The films I most wanted to back had interesting concepts and a chance to see the final film if you donate a certain amount. I don’t understand why…
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District 9
An interesting take on a sci-fi film which uses the narrative structure of Alien invasion as a metaphor for South African apartied. The film was made with real footage of segregation issues in Johannesburg which adds to the documentary style of filming and gives it the ability to make a…
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Back To The Future
Until 1908, scripts were mostly written by two partners with complementary skill sets. This must have worked very well as I always find collaborating with someone with a similar vision but a different area of expertise to be extremely helpful. As the technology of filming changed, so did the nature…
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First attempt: Teachers
The first attempt is in a PDF format if anyone wants to check it out. I am currently in the process of deciding which scriptwriting software to use full time so at present I’m using free software.
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Working The Story From Every Angle.
SHORT FILM: My work uses the short film format to its advantage due to the neighbours comments are almost like little facebook comments or tweets. Visually there is a lot happening that can tell us about the set up and the protagonist’s life before the first spoken word at the end…
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Characterization and Dialogue
To write good dialogue you must step inside of your characters and have an understanding of their motivations and background. Their country, region, city, education and class all affect their speech pattern and their predisposition will affect speech rhythms. Everyone speaks slightly differently, that’s why impressionists are able to impersonate…
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Reflection week 5
This week was all about developing our characters and how to make them feel realistic, gain audience empathy and what kind of emotional journey they are undertaking. It has definitely helped to think further into Kath’s story and her history. As Aristotle said, the behaviour brought about by the choices…
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Movies That Move Us
In this week’s reading I found the concept of alignment interesting. The protagonist’s response must be appropriate to the situation so the audience can become empathetic even if they don’t share the protagonist’s sensibilities. If their actions don’t make sense it throws the audience. There was a big uproar from…
Evalution Media Meets Eva Wilshere
After graduating my Masters in Screenwriting with Distinction, I threw my heart and soul into making The Year Dot into a short film with a very low budget. With whimsical naivety I decided I wanted to give as many people work and pay everyone fairly while also keeping the production set environmentally sound and hiring a diverse cast & crew, including a fair few NDs. And if you hadn’t already worked out I am AuDHD and was in the midst of a few new diagnoses and waitlists!
As soon as Dot was finished and we had our cast & crew screening, the film started its Festival run and I through myself into the next thing. Namely my business Evalution Media, which is going pretty well considering it’s only regular employee is my wonderful PA Lily. I applied for Access to Work during my over-extended production and spent the first 6 months of having it, wishing I’d applied for it before attempting to make a film! Lily helps me keep the social media alive, because I’m not the biggest fan of taking photos of myself and find it tricky to write in short snappy phrases! Also planning. I can’t just log on for an hour once a day and get everything done, it has to be when my brain is in the zone and I need the correct atmosphere and equipment around me. why do you think I’ve only just started writing this again!
Anyway, I hope that you enjoy any content I manage to add here and if I’m slacking, it doesn’t hurt to remind me to add posts in the comments ; )
Journey Through My Mind 
