Cheyenne Joseph // UCA Television blog

What I learnt After the first session with Steve Coombes, we discussed the importance of 'moments'. Moments can be  various  points within film, usually it's things that cant be said which must be shown. So when illustrating real conflict within a character, whatever the character finds difficult to talk about, you must show it instead of having them say it. If it is so easy for them to say then it is not a real conflict. You must show how a character is feeling instead of just saying it, therefore heightening the quality of the character representation.  As Steve spoke about this, it really opened my eyes on how I could really improve my writing, character profiling and scene structures. Especially since its important for me to show my character's emotions within my short story as its heavily dependent on how they feel and develop after being with each other.  We were given the task of finding a moment from a film and noting it down. I have chosen to us...

Memento: Christopher Nolan One of the things I found really interesting about Memento is the journey we must take with the main character. Not just as a story but  the feelings we have towards him. Upon closely following and engaging with the character's motifs, I really began to root for him in hope that he'd find the right killer. You almost begin to feel sorry for him as he is doing everything he can to reach his goal, However, after discovering that he indeed intended to kill his partner to continue his hunt, I no longer felt sorry for him. Instead my feelings shifted against him slightly.  In my opinion, having the ability to shift an entire point of view of a character is a powerful technique that not every director/ producer knows how to execute as well.  This is definitely something that I would like to take on board for my screenplay as I also want to have the audience build a rapport with the characters only to then shift it around.  The Sh...

My Ideas so far For some reason, after hearing the brief, I immediately knew that I wanted my theme to be a Drama. I somehow couldn't shake the idea of the classic boy meets girl for the first time motif. However, I don't want my screen play to be the typical love story, I want to add a twist somehow.  I was thinking of showing the preparations each character must make before they see each other. and by showing the differences in setting and contrasting preparations, it would give subtle hints about what the characters are like.  So far I'm thinking about showing the contrast between how they've met and how they've become.

Story Telling: short project Minor celebrity Political Activist  Nightclub Characters: Minor Celebrity ; Natlie Female who once took care of her appearance whilst in show biz Has long luxurious golden brown hair Curvy and fit  Tanned Skin  Had a role in tv sitcom in 'life of the unicorns' , which nationally branded her as the dumb blonde who didn't know anything.  ended up losing her job after being shamed for allegedly saying something about a political leader. Her family home was a small, tight, cramped home. - she was the golden child who broke the chain of her struggling family which means she lost a lot when she lost her job When she got famous, she neglected her family. Political activist ;  James  tall, slender, good looking - (which allowed him to be excused for his wrong doings) has his own political talk show  formal style snobby look to his face sometimes shames celebrities for their politi...

First UCA summer project  "The Cheyennes." Here I incorporated a simplistic yet imaginative approach to illustrating various aspects of my life.