I found The Apartment to be a great read. I felt that Wilder and Diamond did an excellent job of introducing the characters since there was quite a few of them. We talked in class last week about how one weak character can weaken the whole lot; however no matter how big or small the roles of the characters’ in this script were, they played a significant part in developing the storyline. Although Bud was the protagonist, I loved how we were still able to follow the journeys’ of other characters. What I enjoyed most about this script was how multiple stories were all drawn into one large story.
I felt that the story was very suspenseful but that the ending was rather abrupt and predictable. As I was reading the script, I felt that the story would unfold with Bud rising to the top, Sheldrake being alone, and Bud and Fran possibly ending up together, but I felt that the suspense came into play when I began to ask myself, “When will this happen?” I thought that the use of subtext was incredible because there were so many things left unsaid in the script but instead they were implied. Personally, I could not put the script down and felt that it was an extremely unique piece of work.
Laurie Devaney
Discussion Questions
1. If you were to read The Apartment again, Which parts would you focus more attention on? Would you look more closely at the subtext?
2. In regards to Sternberg’s essay, Do you feel that when a character is introduced in a script that they should have a complete description or as in the Meet John Doe example get only minimal characterization?
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When character's are induced, it may be up to who is writing the screenplay. A director planning to make what he writes may take the time to describe how he envisions his characters, but a writer planning to sell may want to reign in descriptions (like the minimal amount we got for MARGIE), if only to make the screenplay a tighter read.
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