building a story


Building a story


When building a story for your film you have to ask yourself:
  • What is the story about?
  • What kind of setting are you going to establish? 
  • Will the setting help you give the meaning of the film?

Asking these  questions can further your knowledge and understanding within your story, which can add deeper feeling and meaning. Furthermore when building a story you must keep to certain codes and conventions - such as having the main character be distinctive and interesting, and everyone else around the main character to still play a part but not more than the main character, hence ' main character'. You may also include an external antagonist, as long as you are still creating conflict for the main character - however, if not then you would base the movie solely around the character whom plays the protagonist. 


An example of a story structure below:
Here we see an example of the 25:50:25 story structure



Carrying on when building a story you should not include too many locations, because it can become confusing for the audience. Plus there should not be too many events happening because once again it can become difficult for the audience to follow and understand, it would flow smoother and structurally for you to use one key event. Furthermore you should place your character in an unpleasant position, you do this so that they can resolve it, which makes up the story.

The best way to engage your audience is by placing the main character in a difficult position, it makes the audience feel compassion for the character which then connect the film and the audience together. A way of putting a character in a difficult position could be by using dilemmas, this means that the character has to choose, this can be with anything, for example family, friends, jobs etc. you can make it very personal for a character, which entices the audience. When using a dilemma you should make both routes difficult so that it makes the decision more intense. Another way you engaging the audience is by using conflict, arguments/disagreements are a perfect way of engaging the audience because it’s very real, and everyone likes drama. 

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