Original Script Essays

  • Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet for Today

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    Christopher Devore's) screenplay is an edited, and re-mixed version of the original which has many lines cut, as well as the entire sub plot concerning Fortenbras, completely removed. Franco Zefirelli's private interpretation of Hamlet, although divergent in some ways from Shakespeare's version, still remains a superior rendering, due to the continuity of the screenplay. Zeffirelli's divergence from the original script begins immediately. Rather than opening with the traditional sequence involving

  • W. B. Yeats, George Hyde-Lees, and the Automatic Script

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    W. B. Yeats, George Hyde-Lees, and the Automatic Script In his biography of Yeats, Richard Ellmann remarks that "Had Yeats died instead of marrying in 1917, he would have been remembered as a remarkable minor poet who achieved a diction more powerful than that of his contemporaries but who, except in a handful of poems, did not have much to say with it" (Ellmann 223). Yet with his marriage to Georgie Hyde-Lees on October 21st, 1917, a vast frontier of possibility opened before Yeats, and through

  • How does Caryl Churchill affect the acting and production process through her script writing

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    production process through her script writing Caryl Churchill has furthered feminist performance theory, in the last twenty years, and broadened traditional views of gender roles through her script writing. For example, her plays Cloud Nine and Top Girls defy traditional convention, with Cloud Nine’s cross-gender casting and Top Girl’s pro-Thatcherite ethos as its foundation. Churchill has affected the acting and production process in the way she has written her scripts, such as the mentioned pieces

  • Hacking satellite cards

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    Writing a "Private 3M Script" First it is important to define the term "3M." The term "3M" simply refers to a script's ability to unlock all of the channels, based on the saying "All for one, and One for all!" from the "3 Musketeers," (which came from the old days of hacking cable boxes where all channels were viewable through one channel). Anyway, "3M" now is just a generic term for a card that has all channels open and no stealth or write protection. In stealth scripts, the "3M" code refers to

  • Macbeth

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    “Macbeth” When a play is presented on film, the director takes the script, and with poetic license, interprets it. A film not only contains the actual words of the author (in this case Shakespeare), but it includes action, acting, and cinematographic techniques; the three are used to better portray the author’s story. Using these elements, the director’s interpretation of the plot is reinforced. The film provides symbolic images and a visual interpretation, hence Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” is better

  • Staging Hamlet for a Modern Audience

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    transferred to the stage well, is transformed from a long and winding script to a fascinating play filled with suspense and the emotions of the characters run high.  'Hamlet', nonetheless is a challenging script and Hamlet himself can either create the play, or destroy it, he is the key element. To fascinate the audience from the outset you need to examine the setting that Shakespeare describes throughout the script.  For in order to create the atmosphere that is in the book you have

  • Group Production of Robert Thomas' 8 Women

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    was suitable for a cast of "7 female" actors. As you can already see a problem had arisen and when the script "8 women" was suggested, all members of the class agreed and with a little editing and refinement the script was ideal. As a class we watched the French film entitled "8 femmes" and were certain that we could be greatly successful in creating our own interpretation of the script. Before we even began, the director asked us to decide whether we wanted to have an acting role or a

  • The Oddly Dreamlike Quality of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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    depending on who interprets them. By interpreting the word-clues that Shakespeare wrote into the script to direct the performance of the play, we were able to imagine gestures, expressions, and movements appropriate to the intention of the playwright. An example of this can be seen in the different Romeo and Juliets: Luhrman clearly had a more modern vision after reading the script than did Zeffirelli did only 18 years before. The live performance at the CalPoly theatre also carried

  • Unveiling the Power Play: A Dramatic Encounter

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    Scene 1 Sydney: This script has everything! Exceptional dialogue! Intricate plotlines! Dynamic characters! It´s sure to be a hit! Myra: Well that's fantastic dear! Sydney: The problem is it's not mine! A student of mine sent this to me to read over. Myra : That's too bad dear, we could really use some off that play money right about now. You could always ask to be a part of his play in some way, if you’re sure it will be a hit. Sydney: (reluctantly) Sure, sure (Jokingly) or...what if I just

  • Picasso At The Lapin Agile

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    Picasso at the Lapin Agile From the time you enter the Falk Theatre, until the curtain rises and falls on the production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, you are in for a treat. The play is an original work by Steve Martin with a running time of 90minutes, which feels more like 30minutes. Aside from the uncomfortable seating, this production is nothing short of wonderful. The Theatre has been transformed from a long movie Theater atmosphere to a quaint surrounding by means of risers that are placed

  • The Unexpected Deaths

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    defy the laws of finality and probability, just as it happened in the flipping of the coins? However, it does not seem that these two men are capable of such higher thought. And, as said in class, the script has already been written, so wouldn’t any change you feel you were making already be in the script? However, in this play, whether you want to call it a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy, two men have basically seen the fate of all man and know that the end will come. There is nothing anyone can do

  • House of Cards

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    world of fear. Or so for the ones who cross Francis Underwood, the main character in the Netflix original series, House of Cards. As season one starts off, Francis Underwood captures the true essence of what the entire show is about, “There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things”(Script: reddit.com). As he finishes this line he brutally kills a dog lying on the street, who had just

  • Lend Me a Tenor

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    I went to see Lend Me a Tenor at the Krevsky Center on the night of February twenty-first. Overall I thought the play was quite funny, with excellent actors, likeable characters, and an enjoyable plot. Overall, I found the script to be enjoyable. There were many situations created that allowed for some very funny dialog. There was, however, one type of event that was over used throughout the performance, namely, the instances of the characters wanting to see Tito, while various others tried to

  • Analyzing Danielle Harper’s ‘A Slice of Sleep’

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    word ‘journey’ is much overused, but perfectly describes the contents of Harper’s script. The following discourse will be looking at how Harper has followed screenwriting conventions, such as the ‘where’, ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ and using popular screenwriting theorist texts such as Robert McKee’s ‘Story’ (1999) and Syd Field’s ‘The Definitive Guide to Screenwriting’ (2003)as guides to analysing Harper’s script. The script is split into three parts; each part is identifiable by a number of factors, the

  • Haydn Middleton's The Lie of the Land

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    complications involved with making a movie. The first step in any movie would have to be a script. No script, no movie. It's just that simple. A small group (or one individual) would have to sit down and write a script from this novel. Of course he (they) would have to decide what to focus on from the book, or what they (he) wants to dramatize, and if there is something that they (he) can put in the script himself that wasn't really there to begin with. For example, if the screenwriter(s) wanted

  • Fake Choke Technique

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    The most interesting technique that I learned throughout this unit was the fake choke hold. Before starting this unit I was apprehensive about the choke hold for the reason that our necks are sensitive, so I was afraid that I would hurt someone during this unit. However learning about the fake choke technique made me aware that I was not the one in charge of selling the fake choke and that I just needed to put my hands around her neck carefully. That it was the other partner’s job to move themselves

  • Proposal for Film Production

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    writing this script. The reason for employing this writing method is so that the reader can be immersed within the world of the sufferer. To really get a feel, an unquestionable and inexcibate sense of tragedy. In its currnt state then script is just shy of 20 pages. It has been written as many in a linear structure as the format is quite alien to many script readers. There are areas of th text that still require refining as this is only the first draft. The eventual final script will be a tighter

  • Thick As Thieves Is An Engaging Action Heist Script

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    THICK AS THIEVES is an engaging action-heist script. The script offers a very likable protagonist in the character of Lamb aka The Prowler. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The script poses the question if someone can really change or if once a thief, always a thief. There are definite strengths to the storytelling and a lot to like about the characters and the plot, but at the same time the script would benefit from more development in the area of structure, especially the pace. There

  • Analysis Of Steve De Jarnatt's Miracle Mile

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    phone call. The whole reason Harry hears that phone call is because he threw away a lit cigarette, which a crow picked up and later dropped on it’s nest that happens to be resting on the power lines on top of Harry’s apartment complex. De Jarnatt’s script is all about cause and effect and this makes for a really exciting and fun narrative structure, as it constantly leaves the audience wondering what Harry will get himself into

  • Hidden Agendas in Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music

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    [1] Within the last few decades, we have generated a great number of “historical” films reaching the American public. With these “historical” films come the question of whether or not the film portrayed history in an accurate manner; if not, why were the facts manipulated the way that they were. Unfortunately, this question is usually answered in the negative, and the audience is left with a fictional account of a factual happening, thereby giving the viewing public mixed messages concerning