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CT5DIVEA - UNDERWATER FILMING UNIT: CONCEPT
DEVELOPMENT NOTES
18/11/2015
BRIEF:
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PITC$ NOTES:
All groups will need to present for 10 .int 3it* 5 .in 4"( 6A.
The pitch should cover the following key points:
7ALL GROUPS TO SUBMIT A 1-PAGE PROPOSAL T$AT COVERS T$E
FOLLOWING POINTS AS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION - TO BE
SUBMITTED TO CS/BT AT T$E PITC$ SESSION9
1. What is the STOR; - hook / spend two minutes pitching the story
!. What are the key T$EMESyou want to e"plore#
$. What is your working $POT$ESIS "( POSITION as the %lmmaker
&informed by research process'#
(. Who are your PEOPLEor C$ARACTERS) why should we CAREabout
them &social actors/contributors or dramatic characters'#
*. +ow will you REPRESENTyour people ðical issues - trust, truth,
consent, issues of representation'#
. What is the proposed narrative STRUCTURE;
. What FORM 6 STLE&use of camera/sound/editing' do you intend to
adopt#
. Where is the DRAMA or CONFLICT in your story#
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What you need to focus on is pitching your ideas so the audience can
VISUALISEyour %lm and understand your INTENTION 6 POSITIONas
the %lmmakers....story, story, story
$OW TO START P(i.%(, S"():4ou will need to engage in initial research using programmes/%lms and
other visual sources,e"hibitions or anything else you think will inform your position.
T$E TREATMENT ?2 %# (""%! &").nt@
;. All pro2ects re3uire a treatment that was approved by your tutor.Although the format of treatments will vary from genre to another, t*t(%t.nt (" i t" (nt "( it)* ,"( )"n)t %n&)(it in (i4 ?%("9 2- %# "4 A@.
The treatment is written after the initial proposal stage.
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"( t(%t.nt *"!& in)!& t* 4"!!"3in#:
1. t n"t in *"t-,-*"t &t%i!
The treatment establishes t()t(%! %")i%ti%tt(n, and the signi%cance of sound and image throughyour use of ."ti4.
The treatment is written in t* (nt tn %n& int* )*("n"!"#i)%! "(&( t*%t t* i.%# "n&&including perhaps some spirited 3uotations from the socialactors or script' %n& t*. (nt t*.! in t*H!.9 9t is intended to convey to the reader-perhaps acommissioning editor > something of the e"citement ofwatching the %nal %lm, and is intended to indicate clearly
the i%i!it, "4 t* ("&)ti"n in terms of resources,time, cost etc?.
@emember a treatment is a sales document, and musttherefore be written in an accessible, vivid manner.
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SCRIPT PROFORMA
WorkingTitle:
1. WORING $POT$ESISand INTERPRETATION. What areyourpersuasions about the world you are going to show in your %lm, themain BstatementC that you want to emerge out of the %lmCsargument or dialectic#
Write a hypothesis statement incorporating the following wording:
9 believe that??..Dy %lm will show this by e"ploring??
The main drama or conEict is between??
Fltimately 9 want the audience to feel??
And to understand that?..
!. TOPIC. Write a concise paragraph about:
a. 4our %lmCs subject&person, group, environment, issue, etc.'
b. The necessary background informationthe audience musthave to understand and be interested in the enclosed worldyou intend to present. ;e sure how this information will
emerge.
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$. ACTION SCENES. Write a brief paragraph for each intended scenethat shows an activity. &Action scene/event/incident: one location,one continuous chunk of time, montage to show one topic.'9ncorporate the following:
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What the activity is and whatconEict it evidences.
The e"pected structure of
events.
What the scene should
contribute to the whole %lmCs
theme/ subte"t and to the
hypothesis.
What facts the audience must
gather from watching it &ie
what is the function of the
scene'.
What key, emblematic
imagery you hope to capture#
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What the activity is and what
conEict it evidences.
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The e"pected structure of
events.
What the scene should
contribute to the whole %lmCs
theme/ subte"t and to the
hypothesis.
What facts the audience must
gather from watching it &ie
what is the function of the
scene'.
What key, emblematic
imagery you hope to capture#
75GG $
What the activity is and what
conEict it evidences.
The e"pected structure of
events.
What the scene should
contribute to the whole %lmCs
theme/ subte"t and to the
hypothesis.
What facts the audience must
gather from watching it &ie
what is the function of the
scene'.
What key, emblematicimagery you hope to capture#
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(. MAIN C$ARACTERS. Write a brief paragraph about each of yourmain characters. or each include:
a. Who &name, relation to others in %lm etc.'b. Where &where does this person belong in the scheme of
things'c. What &what is this characterCs role, what makes the character
interesting, worthy of special attention and signi%cant# Whatis this character trying to do or to get#'
*. TO-CAMERAINTERVIEWS. or each interview, list: &if re3uired'
a. ame, role in life, metaphoric role in %lmCs structure.b. Dain elements &information' your interview will seek to
establish.
. CONFLICT. What is at issue in this %lm# 5onsider:
a. Who wants what of whom#b. What conEicting principles do the characters each stand for#c. Hoes your %lm put diIerent principles in opposition#d. +ow will we see one force %nally meet with another#
. AUDIENCE EJPECTATIONS. What stereotypes does your e"pectedaudience carry that your %lm must deliberately set out to alter#
a. What alternative views, facts, and ideas do audiences need to
understand#b. What evidence will you show to get the audience to see those
diIerent truths#
. STRUCTURE. Write a brief paragraph on how you intend tostructure your %lm. 5onsider:
a. +ow you will handle the progression of time in your %lm.b. +ow and at what point information important to story
development will appear.c. What you intend as the climactic se3uence and where this
should go.
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d. +ow this relates to other se3uences in terms of the actionrising towards the %lmCs pro2ected BcrisisC or emotional ape"and the falling action after it.
J. FORM AND STLE. Any special considerations in shooting orediting style that might further your %lmCs content. 5onsidernarration, lighting, type and amount of inter-cutting, 2u"taposition ofscenes, parallel storytelling etc.
1=. RESOLUTION. A brief paragraph on how you imagine your %lm willend and what you would like the ending to accomplish for theaudience. 5omparing an intended ending with the %lmCs beginningalso e"poses what it must accomplish as a story to get there. Theending is the last word to the audience and has a disproportionate
inEuence on what the %lm will mean.
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