In Witness we find a style not unlike A Boy's Life. It’s written almost as a novel and has heavy description at times. The writers give screen directions and tend to draw on those directions to sway your mind to their visual style. They've almost had the story filmed in their minds before it was even scouted for locations. Wallace and Kelley fall on using POVs to add a feeling that you are a character in the story. The use of POVs maybe a little taboo in screen writing but with all the other camera directions given by the writers I could only suppose that it’s simply their style and not that they don’t know what they are doing. Although I haven’t seen the film I’m sure that most directors would want to overlook the camera directions given by the authors, but I do agree with most of their choices. I also agree with the use of describing noises and other key sounds that things make, in that it makes the readers think of close ups of key elements in their mind almost as if they where being shown a close up in a film.
Questions:1. Do you agree with the camera choices made by Wallace and Kelley?
2. If you where doing coverage for a major studio in 1984 and came upon this screenplay, how do you think the use of POVs would strike you?
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