Monday 30 December 2013
So that I could
clearly understand and interpret this script, I decided to break it down so
that when I create my story from the script; I have a clear understanding of
whom is in the script, what it is about; what’s happening, where it’s happening;
and why it’s happening, resulting in the resolve from this scripts series of
events. This will also help identify each of the individual elements that is in
this script, which I could use to help convey the ideology of my stories genre/theme;
such as character design, set design; location selection, props and so forth.
This breakdown is
going to act as a basic blue print for me to build up off of.
Script
breakdown
Characters
- · Main character
- · Second main character
- · Side character/ bystander
Scene locations
- · Home
o
Front room
(scene 1)
o
Bathroom
(scene 2)
o
Entrance
of the house (scene 3)
- · Route 1 (scene 4)
- · Route 2 (scene 5) – side character passes by
- · Route 3 (scene 6)
- · Route 4 (scene 7)
- · Route 5 (further up the road from route 4) (scene 8)(meet location)
- · Location 6/5 new characters location towards the meet point (scene 9)
- · Meet location 5 (scene 8)
- · Home (scene 1)
Props
- · Bed/couch (home)
- · Mobile phone
- · Clothes to get dressed i.e. coat/jacket, hat, trainers (home)
- · Mirror (home)
- · Tooth brush (spit blood in the sink) (home)
- · Sink (home)
- · Women pushing pram (Route 2 props)
- · Guy talking on his phone (Route 2 props)
- · Guy walking dog making ‘Main’ want to watch cautious (Route 2 props)
- · Watch, or time on the phone
- · Push bike? (Route 6/5props)
- · Car (Route 6/5props)
- · Motorbike (Route 6/5props)
- · Jacket
- · Undefined Package
Story overview:
Main
character wakes up from a deep sleep at its home location. While at the
home location a phone rings, the main
character answers this phone and exchanges a few words: presumably
confirming a meet location. The main character
gets ready (brushes teeth, washes face and so forth) and leaves its home
location to go to the meet point.
On route to the meet
location a passer by catches the
attention of the main character,
however, this does not throw the main
character off from its course as it continues to the meet location.
At scene location 7,
the main character checks the time
to make sure that they’re on schedule; advancing further up the road to scene
location 8. Once the main character
reaches the meet location, the main
character pulls out its phone and dials a number: confirming to the person
on the other end of the line that they’ve reached, and asking where they
(second main character) before ending the conversation.
At scene location 9 we
see the feet of the second main
character, travelling towards the meet location. Meanwhile at scene
location 8 the main character is
fiddling with the thread on its coat, waiting for the second main character. An unidentified sound alerts the main character: turning around the main
character notices the second main
character approaching carrying an “undefined package”.
They have a brief
conversation as the second main
character hands over the “package” to the main character. The second
main character then turns to walk away: leaving the main character behind.
Back at the main characters home location, the main character is sat down in the
trappings of their lifestyle: viewing the content of the “undefined package”,
which clearly influences the mood and atmosphere of the main character.
Once i've thought of an idea for this script, I shall use this breakdown as a basic building block to work from: so that it saves me time and hassle allowing me to focus more on the story where i've already broken down the main parts of this script.
