Pre-production: blog tasks




1) Script

First Scene

Title: The ‘Murderous Ink’

Act 1: Chance Encounter

Indiyah: What are you two doing here?

Maya: Mind your own business, Indiyah.

Act 2: Sudden Pain

Maya: Ah, my stomach!

Serena: Maya, what's wrong?

Act 3: The Mysterious Pen

Indiyah: Maybe this pen can help.

Act 4: Indiyah's Dilemma

Indiyah: Should I use it or not?

Act 5: Maya's Ploy

Maya: Hand it over, Indiyah.

Act 6: Serana's Support

Serena: Let's see what this pen can really do.

Act 7: Theft

Maya: This pen could change everything for us.

Act 8: Indiyah's Protest

Indiyah: You can't just take it!

Act 9: Maya's Justification

Maya: Watch me.

Act 10: The Power Shifts

Maya: Now we hold the fate of everyone in our hands.

Act 11: Indiyah's Anguish

Indiyah: What have you done?

Act 12: Serena's Doubts

Serena: Are we sure about this?

Act 13: Maya's Determination

Maya: We'll be unstoppable.

Act 14: The First Decision

Maya: Let's start with someone small.

Act 15: Serena's Reluctance

Serena: I don't know if I can do this.

Act 16: Maya's Persuasion

Maya: Trust me, Serena. We can rewrite the rules.

Act 17: The Consequences Unfold

Indiyah: You can't control fate!

Act 18: Serena's Guilt

Serena: What have we become?

Act 19: Maya's Ambition

Maya: We can be more powerful than anyone.

Act 20: The Path of Destruction

Maya: No one can stop us now.

Act 21: Serena's Crisis

Serena: I can't do this anymore, Maya.

Act 22: The Final Showdown

Indiyah: It's time to put an end to this madness.

Act 23: Redemption

Maya: I'm sorry, Indiyah.

Act 24: Acceptance

Serena: We have to make things right.

Act 25: A New Beginning

[They return the pen to Indiyah and walk away, ready to face whatever fate awaits them.]


2) Shot list

Establishing shot 
close up
medium close up 
cut shot

3) Mise-en-scene

What iconography or mise-en-scene are you including to ensure your audience understands your drama as fantasy? Plan your cast, costume, make-up, props, lighting and setting. This can be simply completed using your blog or on a Google Doc - the key aspect is to have planned all the critical details. Remember the mise-en-scene mnemonic: CLAMPS. 

Costume:Regular day outfit

Lighting / time of day:midday

Actors - casting, placement, movement: under a tree and walking in a park

Make-up and hair: no makeup,no hair there’s a hijab

Props:pen

Setting: park



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