So I'm at a point in the semester where it's a little bit past the need to pick a topic, and into the timing of actually working on it. It makes the most sense to work on screenplay for two reasons. The first is because I haven't decided to do a documentary or another screenplay, and the second is because I've made a lot of headway on my screenplay recently and is much closer to a finished product.
Realistically I haven't done enough research about wolf-hunting in Alaska, at least not to the extent that is needed, to develop a decent documentary. It is easily within my work capacity to write a persuasive essay about why it's an unacceptable form of hunting, but I don't look at this topic as something I disagree with and then go home and forget about it. I am ashamed that this is legal ANYWHERE in the United States. Because of that reason I don't think it's fair to myself to do the work just for the grade. If I'm going to give this project the time investment it deserves, it can't be done by the end of the semester.
Because of these reasons it only makes sense to focus on getting a professional, edited version of that finished by Aprils end. But before that happens, I've got to finish the first draft! Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Focus
I've decided to focus on my screenplay and research project/screenplay/documentary on wolf hunting in Alaska.
Although I am required to have a full-fledged script done by the end of Screenwriting II, I want to have a script not just because it's required but because it's the type of writing I am most interested in. It's also what I hope to do as a career so I've taken the course very seriously and tried to develop my ability within the medium. For our final project in Screenwriting I we had to finish Act I. That same assignment is due for Screenwriting II after Spring break, and after looking at my Act I from the first semester, I've already found many flaws that I have learned about from this second semester. I intend to be finished my full script far before it's due date at the end of the semester.
The second project on wolves, is much less focused than what I know I want to do for my screenplay. I know how I feel about the topic of wolf-hunting, but specifically how to attack it is where I'm undecided. Producing a documentary is where my mind continues to push, and I feel like that could be the most effective way (aside from a big blockbuster) of getting attention. I don't think by writing a private essay or journal will garner any attention, but an emotionally provocative film about murdering wolves will likely tear at the hearts of many Americans. My neighbor spends her summers in Alaska working as a trail guide, and she offered me a place to stay if I did end up going there. So I think there is some headway to be made, and a very real possibility for it to happen.
Although I am required to have a full-fledged script done by the end of Screenwriting II, I want to have a script not just because it's required but because it's the type of writing I am most interested in. It's also what I hope to do as a career so I've taken the course very seriously and tried to develop my ability within the medium. For our final project in Screenwriting I we had to finish Act I. That same assignment is due for Screenwriting II after Spring break, and after looking at my Act I from the first semester, I've already found many flaws that I have learned about from this second semester. I intend to be finished my full script far before it's due date at the end of the semester.
The second project on wolves, is much less focused than what I know I want to do for my screenplay. I know how I feel about the topic of wolf-hunting, but specifically how to attack it is where I'm undecided. Producing a documentary is where my mind continues to push, and I feel like that could be the most effective way (aside from a big blockbuster) of getting attention. I don't think by writing a private essay or journal will garner any attention, but an emotionally provocative film about murdering wolves will likely tear at the hearts of many Americans. My neighbor spends her summers in Alaska working as a trail guide, and she offered me a place to stay if I did end up going there. So I think there is some headway to be made, and a very real possibility for it to happen.
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