INTRO// THESIS 1
Every Monday night at 5:45 PM, I get the wonderful opportunity to sit and listen to David Schwartz's fantastic lectures on the art and craft of screenwriting. He is able to create the best metaphors for some the hardest concepts to grasp, not just in screenwriting, but life itself. Whether a student is writing a drama or a comedy, or any other genre of film, David has the expertise and understanding from his own life experiences to give his well respected opinion and suggestions to help the student become a better writer. He has been a director, a director of photography, an editor and many more positions in the filmmaking process. Many people may not agree, but he has told his class on many occasions: not only is screenwriting the hardest part of filmmaking, but it is the most important.
INTRO// THESIS 2
“We cannot explain our world, we can only describe it,” David Schwartz said softly and convincingly at the end of his lecture. “Good stories do not have morals, they are morals.” David Schwartz teaches Screenwriting. His lectures, lessons, and ideas are the most valuable thing I have yet to learn at Brooks Institute. The importance of writing and storytelling is so important, yet people forget that without a screenplay, we have no motion picture. Without a screenplay, we have nothing for the director to direct. Without a screenplay, we have nothing for the editor to edit. Writing a great story is the hardest part to filmmaking, yet the most important.
Creepin' & catching up on my (peer) responses, for sure.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely like Thesis Statement number 2. The beginning and few sentences before ending have to be what worked best, for me.
"...yet people forget that without a screenplay, we have no motion picture." How obvious can this be, right. But as you've mentioned, easy to forget. Since enrolled at Brooks, I have learned & continue to learn how much really goes into these sorts of things.
Very cool.