Monologues and scripts.

We opted not to use a script in writing Popcorn for a few reasons.

• We knew exactly what we wanted: Myself, Ben and Jake had an exact visual idea for shooting the film which we explained thoroughly to our actress Chloe, so a script was unnecessary.


• We wanted a more spontaneous, improvised style to the film. Scripts can sometimes be so filled with instruction and direction that the actor's performance does not feel so natural - without a script, the actors' performances became far more sincere.


• The entire script would be filled with 'stage' direction, because there is little in terms of dialogue, the script would look like an instruction manual.

We did type out the monologue of the film. The reason we did this was to discuss such features of speech like intonation and where stress should be placed - although this seems basic and unimportant, we really wanted to ensure likability for the protagonist, and sympathy when it is revealed he is being cheated on - making it all the more shocking when the final twist is revealed.

Planning

Our planning for telling the story of 'Popcorn' was through this poster we collectively came up with. We decided to make the film efficiently, in an organised manner while stile being creative, we decided to divide the film up into ten different parts - informally called a 'wordyboard' because of it's storyboard-like instructions but with text instead of pictures.

With this 'wordyboard', we were able to shoot knowing exactly what we wanted from more-or-less each shot. Although the final product is not exactly faithful to the 'wordyboard', a basic idea can still be seen through this poster.

prelim task

Advert

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Media evaluation

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Evaluation question 3 (:

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Here is an image of just some of the feedback we had recieved from friends and fellow students. Most people that had given feedback on our video had made comments on the originality or creativity of our video and had also mentioned that they liked the use of superheroes and villains as the 'good guy' and high school bully. Some people had also said that the whole style of the video fitted the music and the genre stereotypes of pop-punk. This is exactly what we were aiming for and so we are very pleased with the feedback that we were given. :)

As we have only recently released our video onto the internet, we have yet to recieve comments from many people other than other students and teachers. We have however got over 40 views since uploading it. :) All of the comments we have recieved have been positive and constructive and we are very pleased with the response that we were given, particularly from our target audience (teenagers, particularly those associated with the 'alternative' or 'punk' subculture).
-Nikki :):)