Direction - Initial thoughts on scripts

The Selfish Cut

This script is really pleasing to the eye. Quite funny from the start of scene 1. Sam’s character is your stereotypical “ghetto kid” but with a slight twist, he’s listening to Hanson! To make things more in tow with this classic barbershop wind up, he’s got a massive “bling bling” round his neck and ipod and mobile phone with no doubt a stupidly annoying ring tone.

The Barber is a great character, you can almost see that he picks and chooses which victim his next for the great grey hair wind up. As the barber is listening to Saga FM on the radio and been at that shop for 40 years it seems quite fitting that his next victim is this Ali G style ghetto kid.

A great script, most likely the script I’ll put into the script to screen process for Direction Stage 2.

Holding Pattern

I found ‘Holding Pattern’ very slow, boring and not very interesting without music that makes the audience feel some sort of sympathy or emotion towards Bogdan. In 10 scene’s there isn’t any dialogue so the entirety of the four-minute’s available would need to be padded out with background noise, a sound track or added dialogue to the script.

However I’m sure this script could be produced into something quite good, I find films, programs and certain video art without sound and any dialogue boring as there never seems to be much pace to a script without it.

I very much doubt that I shall be using this script for Direction Stage 2.