Developing a Script

 Hi everyone! Today, I looked into a lot of the components that I want to incorporate into my film opening by developing my script. In particular, there were two main film techniques/tropes that I really wanted to utilize in my opening.

   (I got my information from tvtropes.com)

    -Light Equals Hope: In many forms of media, darkness correlates to evil or nefarious things, while light is "good" or heavenly. This is mainly seen in plots as light in darkness, or hope in the darkest of times. For example, take a look at this shot from Godzilla: King of Monsters (2019).

In this movie, the hero character, Godzilla, was seemingly killed by the villain, King Ghidora. All of the characters are at their lowest point, and the character seen in the shot is caught in a dangerous storm. It is at this moment that another hero character, Mothra, comes down to part the storm and to aid in the fight against King Ghidora. This shot specifically shows light emanating from Mothra, juxtaposing the dark storm. This adds to the idea that Mothra is a savior and will bring hope to the main cast. Although my story won't be using grand kaiju's, I wanted to use this film technique because it can create some very beautiful and poignant scenes. If you're curious, it's at the top of page two of my script draft, which is located at the bottom of this post.

-Making Characters Seem Weak: My film's protagonist will have a poor mental state, and I want to portray him as a weak, dreary man. Although there are many ways to achieve this, a simple way that I can produce is a high angle. 

In The Avengers (2012), there is a large alien invasion threatening New York, and it's up to a small team of superheroes to defend against it. Although these characters are all powerful in their own way, this specific shot has them being looked down upon by the camera, as if the audience is in the POV of the above aliens. This shot makes the characters look small, and adds to the idea that it'll be difficult for them to defend the invasion. My film won't have any fighting, but I do want to incorporate this into the opening. It isn't specifically listed in the script currently, but later on, there will be a shot from an overhead view of the character as he walks around his house, adding to the idea that he's weak.

With those two techniques mentioned, here is my current draft for a script. Untitled Movie Opening Script (1).docx.

Although this is surely not the completed version of the script, I now have the general direction for where I want to go with my story. With this, I can begin development of storyboards, and even begin film planning!