Clown Train

‘Clown Train’ – Week 2/3

The Film’s attempt of realizing its script turned into the outcome of a lot of close and medium shots, generating the principle of less is more.

As the movie went and I was following the script I noticed that the dialogues were cut out and me as an audience had to pay more visual than hearing attention from both the protagonist and the antagonist.

Drawing upon what was said in the lecture this week upon a short film being a visual medium that cut fulfilled that. When the focus was more on the gestures of both the Clown and the boy a deeper way of looking into ‘the world’ they were in as a setting of a train at nighttime. Making the shots less conversational also made the scene more interesting to watch as the boy wakes up and the character he plays (waking up after falling a sleep on a train and facing a clown) becomes real instead of getting everything explained in a dialogue. It also strengthened the clown as the antagonist when shifting the focus on the character instead of using dialogue.

Overall, I think when it comes to realizing scripts in general there exists some common key points showing how important a script is such as;

• -The script is the first ‘brick’ of the film being a description of where it all takes place.
• -The authors story idea and construction is expressed in details on the script.
• -The cameraperson, actors and director coordinate together via the script.
• -The editor edits the film into its order, length and details of the script.
• -The script defines time and budget of the film in interesse for executive producers, which could take it to universal studies or film festival directors so it can be shown at either Melbourne Film Festival, in Bollywood or Hollywood.
• - The script is the base of a business idea and it is the film the writer idealized from the beginning.
• -The script is the writer’s. He or she wants to know what and why it gets modified in order to make progress as a scrip writer.

When forming groups this week the role I would like to have is being one of the scriptwriters. I enjoy writing and this a new interesting writing style for me is something I would like to get more into. Other roles being preferable is to be the producer, just because I enjoy having responsibility and work in team.