1. From script to screen
Fr. JoselitoJopson

2. DOING DOCUMENTARIES
Documentaries are fictions unlike any other
Task of documentaries is to awaken to certain important issues
3. Why engage in TV production?
Because we want to our passion and hobby
Because we need to
It is a powerful tool of reaching out
It inspires people
It touches peoples hearts
4. Where is the place of TV in the Church?
To provide footage for secular media
In TV Maria and Catholic stations
In the Church, 5 mins. Before the mass
In DVDs to be distributed to homes and communities
5. What does TV do to us and to the Church?
It engages us
It brings messages in compelling ways
It gives Jesus a human face
It deepens our faith
It is a source of income
6. PRODUCTION PLANNING
3 stages of planning:
Preproduction
Production
Post-production
7. Pre-production
Developing the program idea or pitch
Program format / treatment
Visual potential / feasibility
Formal program proposaland shooting schedule
8. A screenplay is a story told in pictures,
in dialogue and description,
and placed within the context of a dramatic structure
What is a screenplay?
9. Story concept: should be expressed in a single sentence called LOG: It is a story about a __________ who wants to ____________.
Sources of story ideas:
Adaptations of books, plays and short stories
Contemporary true stories
Historical events
Headlines
Personal experience
Start if: What if ?
Before you write
10. An opening that hooks the audience
A final climax that satisfies their sense of storytelling
In between:
A protagonist the audience relates to
A central conflict around which all actions revolves
A central emotional line that determines the mood and viewpoint of the film
All necessary main and supporting characters
Essential structure and content of every scene from beginning to end
Components of a good script
11. Introduction: the world of paradigm or models, like genre
What is structure: a linear arrangement of related incidents, episodes, and events leading to a dramatic resolution.
Act 1: beginning; introduction
Act 2: middle; conflict
Act 3: end; resolution
In-between: Plot points an incident, an episode, or an event that hooks into the action and spins it around into another direction or line of development.
The three-act structure
12. SCRIPT
13. FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
Technical lights / sounds, etc.
Legal and safety factors
Aesthetic factors
Access to location
Initial surveys
Arrangements
14. RELEASES AND LEGAL ISSUES
Talent release adults and children
Location release
Location safety
Use of copyrighted music, film or tape
Stock footage, sound effects and music
Obtaining original music
15. PRODUCTION PLANNING
Equipment needs
Crew assignments
Labeling tapes in the field
16. EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST
Video camcorder, tripod, filters
Audio microphones, connectors, wind screens, headphones, microphone batteries, audio mixers
Lighting spotlights, soft lights, light stands, barn doors, replacement bulbs
Power batteries, extension cords
Legal talent release, location permits
Monitors headphones, AV cables
Others pocket knife, gaffers tape, makeup kit, props, set dressing, clothing and costume
17. PRODUCTION
CHECK ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED
Crew assignments
Labeling tapes in the field
18. Ikaw ba to?
19. LIGHTS
20. LIGHTING
Lighting: 3 point lighting: backlight, separate the agent from the background
Key light main light, most powerful light
Fill light less powerful
21. LIGHTS
22. SHOOT TO CUT/ EDIT
Principle of Blinking
Zooming
Panning
Dolly
Dont cut on anybody while theyre blinking / always open eyes
5 secs Before, 5 secs. After
23. WHITE BALANCE
24. DEPTH OF FIELD
Also, note:
Foreground
Middleground
Background
Rule of 3rds
25. KINDS OF SHOTS
XLS
LS
MS
MCU
CU
ECU
2 SHOT
26. HEADROOM
27. FOREGROUND/ BACKGROUND ERRORS
28. MORE HEADROOM
29. WHERE NOT TO CUT
30. CAMERA RULES
LEAVE ENOUGH HEADROOM
LEAVE THE FRAME
31. 180 DEGREE RULE
180 DEGREE RULE, DONT CROSS EXCEPT
LINE OF SIGHT
32. CUTAWAYS
33. CUTAWAYS
34. POST-PRODUCTION
Log the tapes
Rough cuts / edit worksheet
Final edit sweetening, rendering
copyrighting
35. THE TAPE LOG
36. SAMPLE EDIT LIST