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Writing the short documentary script
- 1. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Writing the ShortWriting the Short Documentary ScriptDocumentary Script
- 2. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Dylan Pank - I have these recommendations: • nail your narrative down as much as possible – Don't make the mistake of being clear and linear and boring, or being experimental and pretentious. – Use your time to explore
- 3. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Pre-Interview! – If you're doing interviews, then pre- interview first, make notes and prepare questions. • Decide whether you want your questions to be heard in the soundtrack or not. • Write a script, even if
- 4. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Transcripts and Paper Edits – once you've done your interviews, do a transcript and then a paper edit. • Don’t waste your time (let alone your editor’s!) while you wallow in all that footage as you search for a story. • You can always improve on the paper edit, but it gives
- 5. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • And finally, the above is, as the man said "more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules." • ...Except the bit about paper edits.
- 6. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Richard Alvarez – I like to write out the script, including what I expect the interviewees to say. Then, when I am conducting the interviews, I ask questions that will result in the sorts of answers I am
- 7. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • The term "DOCUMENTARY" is a generic label for anything that's not 'narrative'. – Within that label are investigative reports, issue docs, advocacy docs, expose's, biographies,
- 8. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Michael Plunkett – A beginning, a middle and an end is a noble starting point and it should be no different for any film regardless of size.
- 9. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Barry Hampe – From the very start of the scripting process, your research, planning, organization, and writing must be pointed toward answering the question, What will the audience see? • As writer of the script, you have to show to the client, the director, the camera operator, and the video
- 10. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • The more specifically you can describe your script in terms of concrete images, the better your chance of communicating through video. – Similarly, the more abstract or interpretive your idea is, the more important it becomes to build up evidence for the idea
- 11. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Some Tips from theSome Tips from the ExpertsExperts • Field research is so important to a scriptwriter. – You can't describe what you haven't seen. • And you can't use as visual evidence what you don't even know exists. – As a scriptwriter, you not only have to
- 12. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program The Documentary ScriptThe Documentary Script FormatFormat • The following slide is an example of the typical format used for documentary scripts. • It’s as easy as using the tables menu in MSWord.
- 13. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program The Three ColumnThe Three Column FormatFormat Ti me Vi deo Audi o 0: 00: 00 Bl ack Scr een. Fade i n Ti t l e Cr edi t s. Ti t l e Cr edi t : BERT WALL AND THE GHOST STORI ES OF THE DEVI L’ S BACKBONE Fade I n: Backgr ound musi c – Ti t l e Musi c. Rousi ng but a bi t myst i cal . 0: 00: 20 Camer a Wi de on an open 2- l ane Texas Hi ghway as t he headl i ght s of a car pi er ce t hr ough t he f og and mi st . I mages of Spi r i t s, an I ndi an on hor seback, a Woman si t t i ng by a f i r e i n a r ocki ng chai r , a r oad si gn t hat r eads: “ Pur gat or y Road” , a whi t e st ag deer , a whi t e owl f l i es by, anot her r oad si gn t hat r eads “ Texas Hi ghway 32” , and a l one I ndi an wi t h a f l at br i mmed hat and an eagl e f eat her appear i n t he di st ance. A r ushi ng sound shoul d accompany each i mage as i t appear s and f l oat s t owar ds t he car wi ndshi el d t hen f l y of f l ef t and r i ght . A backgr ound sound of t he t i r es of a car on t he t ar mac of a Texas Hi ghway.
- 14. Old Dominion University Film Studies Program Final ThoughtsFinal Thoughts • Field Research Before You Write. • Write Before You Shoot. • Paper Edit