[CTCS 190g] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (30 pages long!)

• School: USC
• Department: Cinema and Media Studies
• Course: CTCS 190g
• Professor: Drew Casper

Document Summary

Script basis for everything, needs to be in place before production can get started: original = something that is written directly for the screen, adaption = based on preexisting material) Writer"s script = the blueprint: four elements of a script: Director"s script: director annotates it (puts down what he wants shots, lighting, music, blocking, camera movement) The text (the film itself: what you see on screen. The published script transcribed from finished film instead of writer"s script o: done when a film is finished and everything is finalized. No clear author (not even the writer) because hundreds, thousands of people have contributed but: potential authors: screenwriter, actors, directors, genre conventions, culture, audiences, etc. Writers write according to genre (locked into certain conventions) so they genre can write the script (ie. a murder mystery must have a murder) Strong directors (leave a mark on the film) Certain actor"s personas can write script must be changed to fit the actor.