Documentary Scripts Pdf
3 Lessons from the Coco Screenplay As I mentioned above, the Coco script is a wonderful achievement. T he original story for the movie was developed by Lee Unkrich, Jason Katz, Matthew Aldrich, and Adrian Molina. The credited screenwriters on the film are Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich. So, what can this script teach us? The Structure of Coco. Logan Script PDF Logan (2017) is a superhero film based on the X-men movie series. In this third installment of the Wolverine trilogy, Logan’s quiet life is disrupted by a young mutant girl fleeing a group of scientists. Logan must risk everything to get the girl to safety. Screenwriters: Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green. It is standard practice to sign-off a film script with THE END centred on the page, preceded by FADE OUT. Only ever appears at the end of a feature-length screenplay, or an act in a television script. If you want to indicate a FADE OUT. And a FADE IN: within the body of the script, then the correct transitional term is FADE TO: as above. Guide to Writing Feature Films 1 A GUIDE TO FEATURE FILM WRITING a screenwriter’s workbook by j.t. Velikovsky www.joeteevee.com 2003 This work is intended as a critical review of theory in the field of feature film screenwriting.
Video Production
- 1 WORKING OUT YOUR IDEA
- 2 PLANNING A VIDEO
- 3 FILMING AND RECORDING GOOD SOUND
- 4 HOW TO EDIT
- 5 DISTRIBUTION
- 6 LEGAL AND SAFETY ISSUES
- APPENDIX
(Example drawing from Diners: America’s Roadside Attractions, Dec 20, 2001 by Fred Lacey)
Examples Of Documentary Scripts
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| Video | Audio |
| FADE UP EXT DINER (Maggie’s diner) | MUSIC UP Buddy Holly ('Peggy Sue') |
| INT DINER CU PIES under glass | MUSIC PLAYS along with NAT SOUND |
| Counter - tilt up to MS Waitress delivering milkshake. CU CUSTOMER #1 in booth eating dinner - looks up | |
| MS DOLLY DOWN AISLE (camera passes customers in both booths) | MUSIC & NAT SOUND UNDER NARRATOR V.O.: Maggie’s diner, just off the New York turnpike has been serving up burgers and shakes since 1930. |
| TRACKING SHOT MS WAITRESS with tray | Maggie’s Diner hasn’t changed much in the 70 years it’s been Open. Customers can still get friendly service, |
| CAMERA FOLLOWS TRAY as she sets it down in front of a customer. | good food, and an atmosphere that takes us back to a time of innocence and youth. |
| MS WAITRESS scooping ice cream. CU MILKSHAKE MACHINE | CHUCK HAINES VO: I remember when I was eight years old, having my first milkshake. |
| CU CHUCK HAINES | I was sitting right over at that counter. I took one taste and I thought I’d died and gone to Heaven. |
| FADE TO BLACK | |
| FADE UP MS SMILING WOMAN in passenger seat (b&w 1940s Ford car commercial) | MUSIC UP (1940s 'Two Lovebirds') |
| MS MAN DRIVING (from same Commercial) | NARRATOR V.O.: Early in the 20th century, America began a love affair that still burns today. |
| TRACKING SHOT CAR with couple | America fell in love with the automobile. |