To The Writing Room!

 Fun fact about me, I love scriptwriting! (partially because this is something I would totally want to do for the rest of my life). Previously, I had been writing a sitcom script with on of my friends and we always have so much fun doing it so I couldn't wait to actually write out Clara and I's ideas into a reality. After Clara found this website called ArcStudio, we began writing shortly after. It was very helpful to use an actual website to help with proper formatting and layout of a script vs typing it on a website such as Google Docs where there would just be more things up in the air. Using a website that allowed to differentiate actions from dialogue and other notations really helped us remain organized. With my prior knowledge combined with the tutorial youtube videos I have linked in my previous blog posts, the structure of our script came together very nicely. When it came to the actual content of what we would be writing, it was only a little difficult. Clara and I had been talking about our ideas that we wanted our film opening to consist of for so long that it felt natural just to begin writing since I had so much content to work with. 

I put myself in the place of each character and imagined what I would say and how I would react to other characters if I were to be them. This made the dialogue pour out much more naturally. I honestly treated this film opening as if it were one of my sitcom episodes and it made it much easier for me to bring this scene to life. I must admit, there is so much undiscussed pressure that occurs when making your own content. I have said it from the very beginning that I truly believe I am my toughest judge. With that being said, I am very hard on myself when it comes to my projects such as this just because I want to be proud of it in its entirety; I want it to be perfect. The stakes are so low when it comes to working on things that don't really matter to you just because, it isn't that big of a deal when you mess up. However, when it comes to a script, you must treat it as if it is your child, because it is. It was a little rough to get started just because of my block from stress, I didn't want to start because I didn't want to mess up. However, once I finally got started, it was hard to stop. I eventually got to three pages and had to bring it to a close, since our introduction is only 2 minutes and 30 seconds of footage. Anything can end up being cut in post production, however, I would rather have more content to work with than not enough. 

Without further ado, here are the screenshots of our current draft of The Reid Technique: 

(Week 5: 3/7-3/13, post 2)