PRODUCTION DIARY WEEK 7

This week I have written the first draft of my script using fact resources such as the study guide of 'Why we Fight' and the Qur'an. Unfortunately, I have not been able to come up with a title for my short film/the script yet, so I will be working on that next week when updating my script.

SCRIPT-FIRST DRAFT

Script first draft

PRODUCTION DIARY WEEK 6

In the past week, I have done excessive research into important information and quotes which can be used for each character when writing the script. I have successfully found and allocated suitable quotes and information sources to each character which will make it easier when writing the script as I will only have to refer to the exact source. In the weeks coming up, I will be writing my script and creating the storyboard for my short film.

RESEARCH ON THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE MODERATE MUSLIM AND THE RADICAL MUSLIM

In order to write the aspect of the script which is the dialogue between the Moderate Muslim woman and the radical Muslim man, I had to do some research on the reasons for Islamic extremism using facts to support them and research on verses from the Qur'an which counter these arguments. As my short film won't be biased, I will be writing the script to support both the arguments of the moderate Muslim and that of the radical muslim man. I have decided to use facts from the 'Why We Fight' study guide to write the script for the radical Muslim's dialogue as it provides evidence for some of his arguments. After some doing some research, I was able to find verses from the Qur'an which will be used by the moderate Muslim to counter each argument provided by her opponent.

RESEARCH ON THE SPEECH OF THE OMISCENT CHARACTER.

The omiscent narrator in my short film will have an opening speech and the closing speech of the film. Hence the conversation between the moderate Muslim and the radical Muslim tackles of the negative impacts Islamic extremism has on both the morals and ethics of Islam and the world in general, I decided that it will be more appropritae to use a quote by a legend which is related to the entire script as the opening and closing speech instead of a quote from the Qur'an. I made this decision because I realised that using quotes from the Qur'an will give the short film a biased stand on the argument and give the audience the impression that the film supports only the ideas of the moderate Muslim. After doing some research on quotes by famous leaders such as Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Albert Einstein, I chose to use the quote in the first image on the right as the opening quote and the one on the left as the closing quote.

I chose to use Albert Einstein's quote as the introductory speech because it informs the audience that the dialogue between the moderate Muslim and the radical Muslim is a way of solving Islamic extremism as Islamic extremism is an evil which must not be ignored. Using Nelson Mandela's quote as the closing speech informs the audience that these radical Muslims must not be condemned but instead must be talked to and taught to love. 

WRITING THE SCRIPT

PRODUCTION DIARY WEEK 5

This week I finalized the plot of my short film and wrote my production notes. During the process of writing my production notes, I made changes to the roles of the characters and also altered the development of the plot. In the production notes I included necessary props that I will be using, an explanation of the establishing shot, camera angles tha will be used and sounds that will be used. In the coming weeks I will be writing my script, this involves doing research into the topic area to get accurate facts.

FINAL PRODUCTION NOTES-DIGITAL FORMAT

PRODUCTION NOTES-FINAL DRAFT

PRODUCTION NOTES-SECOND DRAFT