NARRATIVE - REFLECTIVE ESSAY AND LOGLINES

In our final Lynsey session before hand-in, we looked at the Reflective Essay. This post won't be too heavy on that part, since it's mostly just notes on how to properly structure it.

 The essay itself should be academic in tone, with correct citations and a Harvard standard bibliography. It should be 1st person, and additional concept art and storyboards are acceptable if needed.

 Like the screenplay, it's a 1000 word piece (with a 10% margin either way); altogether, the screenplay and essay together should total at least 1800 words, maximum 2200. 

 The essay is easily split into three parts:

  1. JEKYLL AND HYDE

    This part of the essay talks about how your screenplay, story and characters were inspired by the Jekyll and Hyde text. The most obvious one that everyone should be able to apply is the concept of a person transforming. However, you can also talk about similar themes, character(s), setting(s), genre, or any part that inspired you.

    For my screenplay, that'll be looking at transformation and the idea of the Hyde form resembling a beast.
  2. PERSONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    This part is reserved for your more personal insights. This culminates the other sources of inspiration for your piece, and the journey your story took because of it. It's important to talk about your initial idea against the final one you ended up going with.

    For my screenplay, the ulterior inspirations will mostly come from Doctor Who and the DOOM series.
  3. EXECUTION

    This part talks about how your screenplay would be executed if you were to make it for real. What would it look like? What medium would it be made in? Soundtrack, lighting, colour? All these types of aspects can be discussed in this segment. It's also important to reflect on what could be tricky to create, and how you could work around it.

    I know for definite I would want it to be 2D. But I'm not sure what other elements I'd want to talk about.

Finally, we looked at the logline. A logline is meant to go on the spine of a spec script to be given to a producer, so they can read it and decide if it's worth making or not. It needs to encapsulate the idea of your film in a concise fashion, without using any names; just titles. For example, Toy Story  could have a logline of:
A cowboy doll is the top toy in a boy's bedroom, until a spaceman action figure enters the room
I tried to come up with a logline for my new storyline, which goes as follows:
A suited demon attempts to rally together the seven deadly sins to win a millennia old war

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