SCRIPT ONE - THE VISITOR

THE VISITOR - SCRIPT ONE

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As scriptwriter, this was the first script that I put together for our first version of 'The Visitor' involving a mental escapee from an institute. Within the two minutes which we present on screen, we wanted to convey and almost present clues and hints to the viewers to allow them to recognise (however very discretely) that a 'clown' figure would be present in the film. We wanted to show this through a series of shots which would expose a normal character, the child's mother, to have aspects such as red/ginger curly hair and red slippers which would be presented through a close-up. Moreover, to present the clown idea further and effectively elaborate on the busy lifestyle that the parents led, we then would have seen the mother figure applying lipstick but then due to her chaotic and busy work life which reflected on the child, hence hiring an inexperienced baby sitter, the lipstick would have smudged around the mother's face - creating a clown-like effect.
OVERALL:
As a first attempt in writing a script, I believe that it was very successful and this was partly the reason as to why as a group, we found it originally very difficult changing our idea to a more 'realistic' plot.
I also learnt how to adapt to the needs of script-writing, for example;
- Writing EXT (exterior) and INT (interior) depending on whether the scene was to be shot outside or inside
- And beginning the entire script with the words fade in.
Even though the process was long having to change the script and treatment on numerous occasions, I believe overall it really helped us to improve our techniques for our final piece.