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Week 2 Directo's Treatment

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I‘ve just uploaded a movie to YouTube!

You can check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jcq6YKTOrI

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The original story was an adaptation of a short story written by Anton Chekhov, called ‘A Chorus Girl.’  I searched a part of the storyline for a scene that felt complete, but also gave drama to evoke emotion from the reader. In felt that in choosing a scene from my adaptation piece to rewrite into a shorter script was an adaptation to my original adaptation. In rewriting this piece there were many challenges which provoke a deeper thought process. However, this led to simple yet deadly mistakes which could be found in the list of 20 Most Common Errors.

According to two of my classmates’ feedback, I learned that mistakes are sometime very visible when you’re working on piece that is adapted from another writing project. There are some formatting errors and some other suggestions which may help the script flow smoother. Therefore, decreasing any gaps in my story. Thus, creating a well written piece free of errors and easier to follow.

The first error I worked on was error number two of the 20 Most Common Script Errors, “the first time each speaking character is introduced, it is an error not to not show their name in ALL CAPS.” I immediately returned to beginning of the script and made those corrections. These are formatting errors that I usually don’t make. But because I took this scene from another script, I made this deadly mistake. Horrible oversight that can kill the opportunity for my script to be taken seriously.

Second error was number 16 in 20 Most Common Script Errors, “to the initial scene description, all characters, costumes, and props.” I made some changes to give the reader a better visual of the characters when introduced. I understand that not providing this information can confuse the reader and not give a visual of the character leaving it to the readers imagination to come up with one on their own.

​A Classmate also suggested to separate the action between character so the actors and directors could understand what each needs to do to move the scene forward easily and clearly. I made some changes and separated all could. Also, added a line of dialogue which really helped separate the action a bit and create more drama in the scene. This rewrite was lots of fun and allowed for me to see my mistakes and become cognizant of these simple yet deadly errors in the future.

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This month in the class Writing and Adaptation, at FullSail U. I learned a g deal about adapting short stories, novels, novelas, and other writen forms of writing into a screenplay.

Many movies and network short series are based from adaptation. Some of these have been written to follow the original story as closely as possible while other take on a whole new life.

I also, learned that screenplays are not a one size fits all. Formatting for these different medium can vary vastly while others not so much.

I adapted a short story and although I stayed true too the story, I was also able to bring new life to this story and make it my own. One of the goals that I set for this year is to create a webisode series. I left this story with a cliffhanger I. Hopes to continue working on it as a serie.

Needless to say, that even through this pandemic, becoming sick, and coming through on the othersid has generated new love for writing with adaptation of other written stories.