Reflection on script writing, editing and the script process.

Reflecting back to the beginning of TV 1, getting to learn the importance of script writing showed its true face during the shooting and also in the post-production. The interest from the author, the producers and the actors was there but where was the imaginary finished version of ‘Sneaker Spasic’ that Aysha Zackariya wanted to produce? Where where the real Leon and the homeless man? As I went directing, Goi sound recording and Vanessa filming, there was no time to think about that. I kept in touch with the author throughout the script process and what we are editing now these days is the result.

Time has been ticking for the past 10 weeks and watching James Miller and Jak Miller performing the main characters was the best part of the entire ‘Sneaker Spastic’. From the moment of the casting and until today I wondered if these actors were the correct people for the main roles but as the rehearsals and the shooting went there were no doubt that these two fulfilled the characters Aysha intended to create. In terms of the script, there were a couple of awkward moments where the actors struggled to perform and asked me a couple of times of the ‘how to’ in different lines. The tree of us had different approaches of it and it didn’t feel natural until the actors said it their own way. This part of the script process reflects back to the analysis to both the short films ‘Clown Train’ and ‘Three’.

Reading the script while watching the short film, became two different subjects but with the same meaning and intention of the authors idea. There is a lot of space in between the script’s lines and the actual film that are not noticeable until the post-production. It is this information (shot construction, actor’s performance, time limitation, location limitation, sound recording, camera technique, photo technique, lighting, security assessment and the casting), that I will bring into TV2, next to the academically theories of these.

However important these things are, I think the two most important ones is team building and project management.

Team building because I have learned how to tackle unpredictable situations and characteristics in a professional manner together with the constant implementation of criticism from group, class, professors and friends.

Project management because of the language of film production varies from one stakeholder to another, the time setting, the budget setting, the make up and styling, the location and production design, the newest technology and software programs and how to do all this at once together with other studies, job, family and friends. These skills are both full time jobs and not to mention, confidence builders.


Can’t wait for TV 2: bring on second semester.