2. What advice is given about short screenwriting in the Screenonline article?
Who is the protagonist?
What is the active question, which is the basis of the action in film?
Who or what opposes the protagonist?
From whose point of view is the audience being shown the story?
What is it about? or, What is the theme?
What is the style of the film?
It gives out examples of key questions to ask yourself when writing a good
short film screenplay:
Part 6:
3. The Protagonist: 1
2. Who is the protagonist?
It gives advice about how important and critical your protagonist is. It shows
examples of films and how they use there protagonists and sometimes they don’t
have to be the person who tells the story.
3. What is the active question, which is the basis of the action in film?
This information gives advice on how you need to focus on your action within the
film and what’s expected off your audience. You need to focus on a specific
event/incident which produce the action etc. In suggests that in most short films it
is based on a single moment of the main characters life. Overall it gives advise on
how important your action or situation is going to be, to produce your story.
4. The Protagonist: 2
3. Who or what opposes the protagonist?
It gives information of films and examples of how they use there protagonists
e.g. The Cutter, Springing Lenin, Zinky Boys Go Underground.
It is giving you advise and ideas on how to use your protagonists and
different ways of portraying them by making them against there normal
reaction etc.
It gives out examples of clear antagonists and how they can oppose the
protagonist however gives examples of less clear ways to show the
antagonist opposing the protagonist.
5. Point Of View and Theme
4. From whose point of view is the audience being shown the story?
It says how important narration and narrators are. To show the audience of
who’s point of view you are representing you need to be able to express
background information of the character, clearly identify there personality
and attitude.
5. What is it about? or, What is the theme?
Style and Tone
The theme throughout the film brings difficulties as it produces and creates
the drama etc which connects and plays with the audiences
feelings/emotions. This is usually thought of during the screenplay draft.
Overall it gives advise on how to represent your storyline to your audiences
eyes.
6. What is the style of the film?
Style and Tone
It says how the style of a film is an important aspect of addressing when creating a
film and is particularly important within short films. The style is a major part within the
characters and creates the audience’s emotional response.
The tone is also very important because it is the major source which engages
emotions within an audience. Tone is also a key to representing characters and there
actions.
7. What is the style of the film?
Style and Tone
It says how the style of a film is an important aspect of addressing when creating a
film and is particularly important within short films. The style is a major part within the
characters and creates the audience’s emotional response.
The tone is also very important because it is the major source which engages
emotions within an audience. Tone is also a key to representing characters and there
actions.
