Group Film Project

For this assignment, groups will collaborate on a scene, or a sequence of scenes, that dramatizes an encounter between two or more characters from—or inspired by—the works we have studied. Your scene may be serious or parodic, but it has to incorporate the elements of action and story structure we have discussed.

Here are the basic considerations for getting started:

• Decide on a setting. Clearly, your choice of settings is limited by social distancing. Think about how you might creatively exploit the restriction.
• Choose a time period—past, present, future. The time of COVID-19? Before? After?
• Write a script. It didn’t need to follow the standard format. But it should set the scene, describe the characters and action. If your characters speak, the script  should have dialogue.
• Film and edit. 

You will present your scene to the class. Presentations must be creative and original. Feel free to recruit actors from the class, or from outside of class, pets, brothers and sisters, if you need.

The film should be 5-7 minutes. Your group should be prepared to give a brief explanation of the concept behind your scene and the “story” into which it is designed to fit. Afterwards, you will field questions (from me, from other students) about the concept you chose.

A successful performance must take RISKS! You’re using your creativity to make people think about an element of film and/or storytelling.

EACH GROUP WILL HAND IN A ONE-PAGE WRITE UP EXPLAINING WHAT THE CONCEPT OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS DESIGNED TO SHOW, OR HOW IT ILLUMINATES OR COMPLICATES THE THEMES YOU CHOSE.