My Study Proposal (I will do some amend in the future)

School of Art and Design                                                                             2012/13

MA:	Study Proposal

Name: Tianchi Wang(Tiki)

Course: MA Film Practice

Date: 2012-11-2

What is your subject of study?

The study of how change in a character’s psychology is depicted in film.

What is your research question?

How other directors, screenwriters and actors present characters’ psychology changing in their film?

How to influence audiences?

(With the developing of the story/pictures editing/music/dialog/light…)

Research aim(s):

What are the overall aims of the project?

Explore how change in a character psychology is depicted in the screenplay and the resulting film.

Research objectives(s):

What are the specific tangible project objectives?

I will create some characters in a screenplay, analyze their psychology changing, and film it.

Note: these are separate to what you personally need to learn in terms of skills and knowledge, see learning objectives below.

Rationale

·         What is the wider context of your project?  

Find how director work with actors and let actors perform better.

·         How does the project relate to your previous experience/practice?

I have shot few films and I find the screenplay, the dialogue of the characters and shooting scripts are very important.

·         How does it relate to relevant current practices, debates and theory?

Sometimes, audiences can not believe the film story because they can not understanding the characters.

·         Why is the intended research significant? (So what?)

Characters are film’s spirit. Director should to create characters better in screenplay and film.

·         How does this project relate to your plans for the future?

I want to write a good screenplay, and create characters better in my movie.

Bibliography

Cite essential background or contextual material using the Harvard System of referencing

Books:

Ascher, S., and Pincus, E. (2007). The Filmmaker’s Handbook. 3rd edition. New York, USA: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

Akers, W. M. 2008. Your Screenplay Sucks! : 100 Ways to Make It Great

Henson, W, J.2004. screenwriting: STEP BY STEP

Hockley, L. (2001). Cinematic Projections: the Analytical Psychology of C G Jung and Film Theory. Luton, UK: University of Luton Press.

Rabiger, M. (2008). Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics. 4th edition. Burlington, USA: Elsevier Inc.

Weston, J. 2003. the Film director’s intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques

Movies:

Alfred Hitchcock. 1954. Rear window

Alfred Hitchcock. 1963. The birds

Korozawa Akira. 1950. Rashomon

Korozawa Akira. 1954. The Seven Samurai

Krzysztof Kieslowski. 1993. Trois couleurs: Bleu (Blue)

Krzysztof Kieslowski. 1994. Trois couleurs: Blanc (White)

Krzysztof Kieslowski. 1994. Trois couleurs: Rouge (Red)

Ingmar Bergman. 1957. Smultronstället (wood strawberry)

Ann Lee. 1994. Eat drink man women

Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. 2007.No country for old men

Timetable

Outline a draft plan of action for the PGC stage.

WEEK 15~18	Read some books in psychology and psychologic films.
WEEK 19~23	Record some shooting scripts from famous films in several journals and presentations.
WEEK 24~28	Do some research about how change in a character’s psychology is depicted in film.
WEEK 29~36	To Analyze some films from various aspects. Write a short screenplay.
WEEK 37~42	Write 1~2 short screenplays.
WEEK 42~52	Shoot a short film in the end.

Discuss the form with your supervisor and submit to dropbox on NOW by the end of academic week 15 (11/11/2012).