The past semester has been a great learning experience for me. Obviously the purpose of taking this class is to assist the students in their abilities to analyze and break apart an entire scene or even script. There are so many elements involved that are extremely useful such as the Rehearsal Plan from Weston and McKee's breakdown, and both of which were utilized quite often in this course. Before this class, I wouldn't say I read many screenplays and analyzed them. Although I still have some things that I could improve upon according to Script Analysis, I completely believe that it has helped me. And I was exposed to many wonderful screenplays from so many different genres from The Apartment to Boogie Nights. I would say my favorites were Pulp Fiction and Do the Right Thing. Goldman was also a pretty large part of this course, and his scripts were equally as great. There were also many blogs, papers, and even a group project throughout the semester. The papers were actually enjoyable to write because it helped me further my analytical thoughts. And I was very happy about working with a group on the final project. Overall, I think that script analysis was a great course and I believe its benefited me for the exact reasons it was supposed to.
Salvatore DePasquale
Discussion Questions:
- What do you believe was the most useful part of this course?
- Did you enjoy working with a group and do you think it helped you?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I thought the Weston readings were the most useful thing about the course. I learned a lot about directing and acting. I also think working with a group was great, maybe because I had a really good group. I think doing the same project solo would be extremely tedious.
Post a Comment