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Blade Runner (Scott, 1982) vs The Lady from Shanghai (Welles, 1947) These are screenshots from one of the romantic scenes in each film. The setting in both scenes are very dark but with different sorts of lighting. The lighting in BR shines through some blinds which is a characteristic in classic film noir. In TLFS the lighting is high contrast low-key lighting which is basically the film noir lighting. In TLFS they use a soft focus which they don't use in BR. As you can see in the two screenshots there is a similar use of camera angles, two over the shoulder shots. In the scene the women are both very vulnerable, being overpowered by their men.

A screenplay is a totally different art form from writing a novel or a play. In a novel the story usually goes on in the main characters head where they tell about their inner thoughts, ambitions motives and describe what they're doing. In a play the audience is the fourth wall and they get to eavesdrop the life of the characters stories on stage. An actual screenplay is a visual medium of where the storyline is dramatised. It's told with images, in dialogue, and description and in the context of a dramatic structure. A screenplay is about a person, persons, a place or places doing their thing. All screenplays follow this structure; a character doing their thing is them taking action. All screenplays have three pieces; a beginning, a middle and an end. When you have all the pieces the structure of the story is complete. They don't necessarily have to be in the same order but without any of those parts, the story is no longer a story, it's incomplete. A paradigm is

Name: Melvin (Melly) Valerie Gender: Female Age: 22 Height: 5'8 feet Hair colour: Red Eye colour: Grey Personality: Stubborn, short-temper, argumentative, loud, addictive personality, cynical, sarcastic, Inner thoughts: Thinks she's superior, lives a rebellious life because of her strict childhood, doesn't talk to her parents. Situation: Her relationship is her pride and joy but she finds out that her boyfriend is gay and drops all her bad attitude to get him to change his mind. Starts to stalk him, ends up getting in trouble.

Powerpoint presentation  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByddJOGQ_IX8MEY2ODRDYWdybWc/view?usp=sharing