Roles played within the creation of the movie:
What do they do? Who do they work with?
Commissoning Editors (film and TV): Bit like a talent scout - commissions promising writers - actively seek best new writers - looking at treatments - sorting good stuff/people to bring forward.
Producers: Does all the work - makes sure everything happens on time and on budget. Responsible. (Executive producers - probably well known - used to drum up money and their name gives the film popularity, just like designer clothes, they're expensive because of their name).
Directors: Overall control (creative) of the film.
Script Editors: Edits scripts to ensure dialogue works, throughout production.
Agents (film and TV): Represents artists and actively seek work for those on their books (including technical crew).
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The role of the writer: 2 Options
- 500 word report about the role of the writer.
- video presentation - edit together a selection, add your own voice over. (5 minutes)
[ + interview a script writer ]
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Women Gaps: Men fight in the knowledge that Peter Jackson could add more detail to the battle scenes.
Not A US Project: Money was sourced not only form the US however funded by other countries such as Australasia and Britain.
Exposition Scenes: Difficult to do - scenes that move the story along. Had to introduce scene that didn't happen in the book. Lots of things had to be left out as they didn't move the story along). 4 pages of exposition before the film starts (that shows the ring bearer loosing it by an earlier king).
Script-writing
How do you become a Scriptwriter?
How does the Scriptwriter fit with the rest of the team?
Lord of The Rings video - role of the writer throughout production.
Jackson - 1st thing - broke down 3 books into a 90 page (synopsis) treatment "Cracking The Code" of the book.
Tolkein took 15 years to write the book used Tolkeins language as much as possible.
1st Screenplay - Miramax wanted 1 film so let Jackson go elsewhere to find the money.
New Line saw it was 3 films so 2 film scripts required rewriting.
Method: Surrounded by notes, locked in hotel rooms, 15 month shoot - script being rewritten constantly for the whole period of the making of Lord of The Rings.
Actors asked to input ideas about what made them laugh, what they thought the character would do (eg. frodo playing/handling the ring).
Liv Tyler ideas brought in - no women character in the book.
Script writing
Role/relationship of writer with everyone else in the team:
Writers:
- Fran (?) relationship with director?
- Peter Jackson
- Phillippa
All massive fans of the books - so lifelong ambition to turn these books into films.
Need to write about relationships;
- How do they interrelate?
- What happened to the script? (writing/rewriting as they went along - actors brought their own ideas as to how the characters would talk).
- Script is never finished until the film is finished.
Look at finished screen play.
Setup a new blog - firstnameinitialscript.blogspot.com
500 words about Lord of The Rings = pass, merit, distinction - need to bring in another production.
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