Break It Down!

It's about 12:30 in the morning and I'm sitting at my computer because I just realised I have to updated my blog! It's a matter of life or death here! I have to do it! NOW! Okay maybe not, I guess I could leave it until tomorrow but still, it's true that the creative side of the brain doesn’t fully kick in until about midnight so I'm sitting here hoping for great blogging inspiration...I'm thinking....I'm thinking...I'm thinking...

...still thinking

...Oh yeah, well I guess I should talk about what came up in my Directing class at CIT at 8:30 this morning...or I should say yesterday. I walked in, half awake as I always am in the morning, and sat down in the front row and was given a page of a script to breakdown.

While breaking down a script the director has to first read it over and over, a general rule is at least five times, to understand every aspect of the script down to a T. He/she has to bring his/hers... (this is getting annoying I know but we live in an equal world people!) ...own interpretations to the story he/she is telling. They also have to breakdown what is happening both externally and internal with the characters and be prepared to discuss this with the actors on set to reach the performance right for the film.

Other reasons to breakdown a script:

1. To understand the script's basic "Moral Premise"
2. To shot list
3. To determine all technical aspects, sound, lighting, costumes and props
4. To be prepared each day of the shoot by having a breakdown of each individual scene and you (the director...hypothetically) want to get out of it.

So that’s it from me for now. I’m gonna go pass out on my bed now. Goodbye

Cheers

Blake Lockett