Script Analysis- Setting Up Your Scenes

GENRE: Selection/Definition/History List the contrasts and connections between the characters’ actions and the film’s.

EMOTION: Reactions/Responses Select an emotion which best describes the tenor of the scene.

STORY: Plot/Theme How does the scene move the story forward?

CHARACTER(S): Introduction/Performance How do the actions and dialogue contribute to our understanding and empathy?

PLACE: Production Design/Cinematography How does the selected setting and ‘mood’ enhance the scene?

TIME: Structures Note Extensions; Compressions & Deletions.

COVERAGE: Master Shot/Close-Ups/Cut-Away etc. How do the Set-Ups provide the ‘best view’ of the moment to moment action & dialogue?

EDITING: Juxtapositions/Rhythms What allows for the ‘inconspicuous’ assembly of the various Set-Ups?

DIRECTING: Pre Production/Production/ Post Production How do the Director’s ‘choices’ display an engaging and vital scene?