- When we first were assigned this project and given the details in class, I was not looking forward to it. I love writing, but mostly writing stories. Writing dialogue, let alone a script is hard for me to think of and do. I think my strong points are describing things in detail, so composing a full story with just dialogue has probably been the toughest assignment I've ever received. I also thought about timing, and events like spring break and weekends. We didn't have a full 30 days to work on it, because lets be honest, what high school senior is going to try and write 100 pages on their weekend? Another obstacle was that this project was assigned at the end of the year, when senioritis is at its worst. If i was given this assignment in the beginning of the year, this may have been different.
- I still don't like the project now that it was done. I definitely wouldn't do this "project" on my own if I ever heard about it. I think it is an excellent project for kids or anyone really seriously interested in screen plays or writing scripts in general. You kinda have to have an interest in that sort of field in order to push yourself to write 100 pages.
- The parts in the script frenzy workbook that were the most helpful to me were the character analysis. I had my characters laid out in my head of who they were and a general description of them. However, the character analysis really helped me develop them and help me learn about each character inside and out. The parts I didn't really care for were the dialogue examples. I thought they were a waste of time because we didn't start writing our script yet, and I wasn't sure if that would ever fit into my script at a certain time, or even fit the plot at all anymore.
- I learned a lot about myself by taking on such a large project. I learned that I have to manage my time, and class time given to me to reach my personal page count goal. I had to think outside the box for dialogue and exciting moments to keep the reader interested. Working with a partner is not always the best thing. When agreeing to work with mine, I didn't realize that she was going to be out for the majority of the planning stage--leaving me to do all the work.
- Our final page count come to around 55. I worked hard every class to push out as much as I could. I handled my time well most days by concentrating and getting a solid few pages put together. I didn't handle my time well on the days where I was over tired and just not in the mood what-so-ever to type up a script. Its hard to focus when that is the last thing you want to do.
- Our strengths of the script is definitely the over all plot and story line. What I like most about it, is that it relates to a modern day teenage lifestyle now. Its not a cookie-cutter paramount movie where you can predict every line about to be said, It's real life.
- Our weaknesses have to deal with timing of the movie. Some scenes seem to drag out forever and forever, while some scenes are a lot shorter. When I watch a movie, my favorite parts are the montages, where its just a bunch of short scenes clipped together without any dialogue that show the viewer whats going on over the course of weeks or months. I wish we added that somewhere into our script because i definitely believe it would have made it stronger.
- If we had more time in the course to spend on this project, I would try and make the dialogue more realistic and not so long of sentences. I also would try to add in the montages that I previously talked about, because I really think that would help move along the story, especially after the climax(where everything goes downhill). I would focus my time better because knowing I have an extension would make me work harder to produce something greater. I might use my free periods to write a page or two and really get done what I wish i could have before.
Thank you for everything this semester Ms. Basko! You are such a great teacher, and I'm glad I could be part of your class :) Have a wonderful summer
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