Process
From script to animatic, stage by stage.
The map I use in my own projects and the one I teach in Turma 1. Above each stage, what I read and think about. Below it, what I open to get the work done.
Story
Robert McKee
The controlling idea: what the film promises the audience.
Roteiro
Doc Comparato
From the idea to dramatic conflict.
Premise
The story in one sentence.
Story
Robert McKee
Desire, obstacle and risk.
Roteiro
Doc Comparato
Character and dramatic action.
Project
Who wants what, and what gets in the way.
Story
Robert McKee
Inciting incident, complications, crisis, climax.
Roteiro
Doc Comparato
Comparato's paradigm.
Structure
Three acts, and where the story turns.
Dialogue
Robert McKee
Dialogue as action, not explanation.
Roteiro
Doc Comparato
Scene, format and read.
Script
What happens, scene by scene.
Film Directing: Shot by Shot
Steven D. Katz
Planning shot by shot before you shoot.
The Five C's of Cinematography
Joseph V. Mascelli
Angles, continuity, cutting.
Shot list
What the camera sees at each moment.
Film Directing: Shot by Shot
Steven D. Katz
Staging and coverage.
The Five C's of Cinematography
Joseph V. Mascelli
Composition and close-ups.
Storyboard
The frame for each shot.
No new reading
Here the story is the test
If you have to explain it, the animatic is not ready.
Animatic
Timing and the cut.
Dialogue
Robert McKee
Voice, subtext and silence.
Sound and review
What the audience feels.
After the animatic
A film ready to apply for funding.
The animatic solves the story. The cultural project solves the money. Four pieces, all connected to what you already made.
Object and rationale
What the film is, why it matters and who it is for.
Budget
What each stage costs, from script to finishing.
Schedule
When each deliverable happens, with room for the unexpected.
Public commitments
What goes back to the audience and to the sponsor.
This is what Turma 1 delivers in week 5, with the cultural project guide at the end of the course.
This is the map I open in the November 24 class.
Free open class, 8 pm Brasília time, from script to animatic. Turma 1 starts on December 1.
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