We were happily discussing about the drama after workshop tat day, and i know that my idea was being well accepted, just tat J's idea not too bad, but is not a really fresh idea, it is more like the low budget hollywood teenager film. Then we discuss about the drama, then we locked down the idea and i was fine with it, then J volunteer to write the scrip enthusiasticlly. Then we let her write lo since she volunteer and i know i am not tat capable.
Then we have a discussion the next day, and then she said she wasn't ready with the script, this is understandable cuz script is not a one day thing. But when she is telling what she wrote, it became HER thing.... HER thing!!! I kinda sense why she wanted to write the script, so that she could change to HER thing, her element, revolving around her idea, and that is totally the opposite of what we have agreed on. Luckily Rachel make out the point. ok it is like this my idea is to bring out the idea of a guy diea in the first scene, then the girl marry the dead spirit and another guy kill himself in the end. and then her idea is about girl n girl jealousy and the girl make some dark magic so that anther girl won't have such a good love life. So now we combine our idea, but all of us agreed on the jealousy part is only as one of the small element tat feature in the drama, but the main thing is to bring out the idea of the first guy die in the first scene as a very very shocking n tragedy, then the girl marrying the dead becuz of that jealousy frend, in the end the new guy kill himself cuz he can't accept the girl choose him over the dead spirit.
When we were discussing on friday, rachel pointed out the point that the way she wrote it making the jealousy as the main thing, so we got back into track again n let her to write the script. So now the script came out and ... yea things change again..... this time when i read it... i really don't know what to say.... i hv this question in my mind, who would buy this?!?!?!?!??
Now it became not only the jealousy part... my tragedy dead in the beginning not that shocking anymore, the marrying the dead not even a fresh thing, then the ending part not even a climax... n where the helll is the climax, we are supposed to hv 3 climax....!! Damn it... i don't know what to say, as i know them and i dun want to ruined the relationship of working with them, if not it would be hard.
Why Why Why.... why people are so full of 私心, why can't they just write what the group agreed on, why they love to change, n change to their own thing which seriously sounds damn ridiculous.
I hate myself for not being able to write. To be honest, if i m writing it, i will really write what the group agreed on and never change a single main idea of the film. because i want to respect the whole group, i want to leave a good remark rather than people remembering me as the selfish bitch that shud never work in a group with her in the future. Why would i want to spoilt my own reputation as names are very important in this industry. I know everyone wants to see their own thing on the screen, and if it is not done in this stage it will be even harder to be filmed when we are out frm the uni, but seriously, dun hv to be soo soo damn obvious that her intention is to bring out her own idea and it really really a total crap ah so to say...
What is worse is that, she emailed our tutor, cuz he wanted to see what our drama would be, then his reply was just ... i dunno how to say! this is what our tutor reply.
Hi,
I am sorry to say this but there is no story here. Nothing happens and no dramatic values.
Where is the cause and effect structure we talk about.?? Something causes something else to happen which is stopped by a certain obstacle that is overcome but still causes something else to happen and so on and so forth until the conclusion which is often is a twist (ie it can be explained through what has happened in the story but was not obvious to the spectator).
I don’t think this idea is good or even well developed. I think you need to sit down and develop it properly.
Find a fresh idea- something we have not seen before.
The backdrop to the story should be interesting (what is the cause/basis of your hero’s problems?)
What then is the conflict in your character or between your characters?
You need to be clear first about that before you write the story.
Are there any other ideas to develop or this the only one? I am afraid it is not the most fresh idea I have heard lately!!!
Best to go back to the drawing board.
Cheers
I can't be sure if she write it in what we agreed on, whether the tutor will buy it, but at the moment, the current script that she CHANGED... really really upset me!
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