Text and the city: the teaching and practice of scripting cities for the screen

IF 0.4 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION Studies in Australasian Cinema Pub Date : 2017-09-02 DOI:10.1080/17503175.2017.1397316
Stayci Taylor
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ABSTRACT Much has been written about screen cities, and within this literature it is suggested that the city itself becomes screen language with its light, colour, and architecture. But there are fewer, if any, scholarly explorations on the practice of screenwriting the city, whereby this language must first be realised in words. Moreover, traditional screenwriting models emphasise the importance of plot, but not necessarily the creation of those worlds into which viewers so readily enter. This paper draws from the author's own practice and pedagogy to discuss experiments in using the city – and the screen world more broadly – as a starting point for screen stories. It makes particular reference to the script development process of a Melbourne-set screenplay, and the development and delivery of an undergraduate media studio, one that used the location-as-inspiration approach suggested by Kathryn Millard's invitation to ‘write for place’ (2014). In presenting the attendant discoveries, this paper aims to open a conversation around writing the city and the ways in which notions of ‘world’ impact upon, or intersect with, other aspects of screenwriting practice. It is hoped that this leads to practical ways, in learning, teaching and script development environments, to approach a story's world.
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文本与城市:为屏幕编写城市脚本的教学与实践
关于屏幕城市的文章很多,在这些文献中,人们认为城市本身通过其光线、色彩和建筑成为了屏幕语言。但是,关于城市剧本创作实践的学术探索很少,如果有的话,这种语言必须首先用文字来实现。此外,传统的编剧模式强调情节的重要性,但并不一定要创造那些观众很容易进入的世界。本文从作者自己的实践和教学方法出发,探讨了将城市——以及更广泛的银幕世界——作为银幕故事起点的实验。它特别提到了一个墨尔本场景剧本的剧本开发过程,以及一个本科媒体工作室的开发和交付,该工作室使用了凯瑟琳·米勒德(Kathryn Millard)邀请“为地方写作”(2014)所建议的地点作为灵感的方法。在展示随之而来的发现时,本文旨在围绕城市写作以及“世界”概念对剧本写作实践的其他方面的影响或交叉的方式展开对话。希望这能在学习、教学和剧本开发环境中带来实用的方法来接近故事的世界。
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Studies in Australasian Cinema
Studies in Australasian Cinema FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-
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