Notes on Script Class (7): Skills and Methods of Scene Design

Scene is an important element in film, and the design of movie scene is an important process of script creation, which is called the three elements of film together with story and character.

The director's decision at the scene may be even greater. The screenwriter is creating according to the director's needs. But the characters have to be in a specific scene. The screenwriter should have a general idea and description of the scene.

When writing a script, you should write the characters and materials you are good at, that is, the scenes you are good at, and know where the protagonist is going and what to do.

Screenwriters should know what the world they build is like.

The scene is the space where the characters are located and the place where the story is carried. In the film, the character is the main body, except the character is the scene, so the scene occupies a very important part in the film.

Scene design is an important element of film composition, whether outdoors or indoors, it is expressed through the lens language of photography, which plays a role in conveying the whole film story and film connotation.

Scene design changes with the change of film narrative style. In different times, film scene design also presents different aesthetic styles.

There are many ways to classify movie scenes, which is very difficult to classify. Generally speaking, from the activity space of movie characters, the scene is divided into indoor and outdoor.

On the set, artificial scenes, such as classrooms and conference rooms, are built according to the requirements of the plot scene. High cost, influenced by scenery. But it is not affected by the weather.

Scenes of natural landscapes in nature have a vast space and often need to be filmed or processed locally. Will be affected by the weather.

The movie scene is to tell the audience the background of the movie story, that is, to tell the audience the time, place, era, season, environment and other information of the movie.

Different scenes can set off and reflect the character and image of the characters. Through the scene, we can shape the psychological activities and thoughts of the characters, and also reflect the relationship between the characters. White-collar workers appear in office buildings/slums, with different effects and dramatic contrast.

Every scene is useful, and the scene is meaningful.

"After hard work, I finally succeeded. I cried and applauded myself." I chose a crowded place instead of staying at home alone, and achieved the following results: I couldn't help being excited and immersed in my own world; The protagonist's joys and sorrows will not affect the people around him.

"I brought other people's children back, and I cried for the first time from the beginning of the movie to this time." Years of sadness broke out, and I hid my face and cried in the street. I can't, and I can't hide in the car.

The film is shaping the atmosphere, and the scene can set the tone of the film. Horror films often have dark scenes, while romance films often have warm and positive scenes.

Movies are the art of editing. In order to make the story smooth and unobtrusive, it is necessary to ensure the continuity between scenes, play a connecting role, and make the plot more reasonable and the story more exciting.

Scene is an important carrier to express the theme. For example, the cruelty of war is often some scenes representing death, pain and corpses, while the sweetness of love is some happy and beautiful scenes.

Scene features: times, society and nature.

Scene is a very important way to express the film era, so the setting of scene plays a very important role in telling a good story, which not only needs to be consistent at all times, but also conforms to certain rationality.

Times environment to create a specific atmosphere of the story, so as to enhance the authenticity of the story and tell the social life in a certain historical period.

Social environment refers to buildings, places, furnishings and other scenery that can reflect social characteristics, as well as folk customs and other environments, which can intuitively reflect the living environment, social relations and other information of characters.

Natural environment refers to natural scenery, such as seasonal changes, wind, frost, rain and snow, mountains and rivers, lakes and seas, forests and Yuan Ye. The wonderful snow in the natural environment is also called scenery description.

The deployment of film and television scenes should be integrated, coordinated and unified, and the pictures presented must be coordinated with the story, such as the background of the times and the overall social environment.

In the early stage of scene design, the overall layout must be close to the theme of the film, which is the basic principle of scene design. The theme is the soul of a movie, and the scene is the main propellant to highlight the theme.

Environmental modeling should have rich cultural connotations, and film and television scenes should not only provide performance places for the characters in the film, but also reflect certain cultural connotations in order to enhance the cultural value of the film.

Point out the theme and make the finishing point.

The same characters, background and social environment, because adding different natural environment can produce different emotions and effects, and can also increase the authenticity of the story.