Writing For Film

It's hard to know exactly what your writing for sometimes. In my case i seem to have lost myself so much in the text that I'v forgotten that the text is to be transferred into a visual form. Even little things can sometimes escape your attention when your trying to write for the mind of your character.

To truly get the best of the script you have to rely than more than the text on the page and more on the acting of the scene. It's hard for me to get into this idea of being able to direct an actor and letting them bring what they can to the character that you have created. After the last few weeks i have found that what is written on the page can be translated in different ways, depending on how you decide to direct the actors, and which actors you choose.

This for me is an incredibly difficult task as i seem to be loosing focus on what exactly the film is. When initially writing the film i wanted it to be very touching and moving with the character of Jackie transforming throughout the film into a range of different emotions, to get her out of the everyday depression. With this happening in her arch the tramp acts as the comic relief to the deeply depressing world of Jackie.

Now moving onto the more realistic approach of how to navigate each scene with the actors it is becoming increasingly hard to figure out exactly how i want the two characters to differ.

I;m sure as i progress through this all i will find an answer, but for now i will battle on with my initial thoughts on how the film should be.

It may even appear that my initial idea of the film will work.

Directing is a strange creature which i have not had the hands on experience of fully. With the help of my lecturers and classmates I am continuing onwards and learning everyday.

It's both a shock and a wake up call, but under it all, we're still doing something incredible, and i still feel priveleged and, might as well say it, excited. We're making a film! How often can you say that?

Professional hats on people!