Understanding Movie Script Structure
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ScribdTranslationsCinema Project: 'The Look Towards...
' - Activity 3 of Portuguese Language
6th to 9th years
Content: script genre and grammatical systematization
Movie Script
READ carefully all the information below.
The scenes are not filmed the same way. Within the same scene,
we notice that the camera pulls away or gets closer, conveying a neutrality,
accelerating the movement, etc. These choices and movements are guided by
the sensitivity of the director, who can choose perspectives, an overview or a
detail. Since there are various points of view, there are, therefore, various plans. The
the main ones are:
READ the characteristics of the following movie script and RESPOND right after.
provides support for the making of a film;
presents an organized structure in scenes or sequences, sometimes numbered, with
indications about the type of scene (internal or external); the location and the moment when the scene takes place
pass;
describe the places and the characters when they are introduced for the first time;
generally presents the basic elements of the narrative: facts, characters, time, and place;
uses direct speech as the basic structure for text construction and development of the
actions;
identify the character before their speech;
uses appropriate language for the characters and the context.
CHERRY, William Roberto, MAGALHÃES, Thereza Cochar. Text and interaction: a proposal for
produção textual a partir de gêneros e projetos: Ensino Médio. São Paulo : Atual, 1998. 352 p.
What is a screenplay for?
b- For what reason should you, as a student and not a film student, know one
movie script?
READ the text below, and DO what is requested IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
Excerpt from the script of the movie: City of God—SCRIPT: Bráulio Mantovani
EXT. ALMEIDINHA'S HOUSE
We open with the image of a machete being sharpened.
CHARACTERS in superposition: 1981
One can hear the murmur of cheerful voices, voices singing a samba accompanied by a beat.
We don't see the people. But the sounds make it clear that it's a festive environment.
The samba lyrics have as their theme: food.
Black hands tie a string around a rooster's leg. The rooster is imposing and showy.
We alternated the rooster – bothered by having its leg tied – the images that suggest the
preparation of a lunch: Boiling water in a huge pot. The rooster seems to react to the image
previous. Sweet potatoes being peeled by the hands of a Black woman. The rooster reacts as if
understand the situation: it will become food. Dead chickens being plucked by hands of
black women. The rooster reacts. It tries to free the leg tied to the string. Male hand
a black woman strikes the skin of a tambourine. The lyrics of the samba make explicit reference to the theme of food.
The rooster seems to understand that its end is near. A machete being sharpened by black hands.
masculine. The knife grows bigger, becoming more and more threatening. The rooster
despair. Struggles. And escapes. ALMEIDINHA, the black man holding the machete, notices the rooster's escape and
sound the alarm.
little almond
The rooster has escaped!
For the first time, we see Almeidinha's house from the outside. It is a poor place, a
brick house in Cidade de Deus. The party is happening in the backyard. The escape of the rooster
provoca um grande alvoroço entre os convidados: na maioria homens, jovens, negros e mulatos.
Only a few are white. They are almost all in shorts and flip-flops. Dozens of criminals come out.
running after the rooster. They are part of Zé Pequeno's gang. Everyone is shouting:
VOICES OF THE OUTLAWS
Catch the rooster, catch the rooster!
QUESTION 01
SEPARE todos os termos emoldurados em dois grupos, atendendo ao que se pede.
MORPHOSYNTACTIC ANALYSIS
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS
Characterizing expressions Adverbial expressions
(adjectives, adjectival phrases) (adverbs and adverbial phrases)
QUESTION 02
a- EXPLAIN the importance of the framed terms, in the text, for the movie script genre.
b- EXPLAIN the importance of framed terms for the narrative.
c- EXPLAIN whether the absence of these terms in the text could cause any harm to the
sense.
QUESTION 03
a- INDICATE a linguistic strategy used in the text to state African descent
Brazilian of the characters. Attention: the statement asks for the indication of a strategy.
b- EXPLAIN what is possibly stated in the scene, considering the color of the characters and
from the hands of the characters.
c- INDIQUE e EXPLIQUE duas estratégias usadas no texto para evidenciar a pobreza do lugar
in which the scene takes place.
d- EXPLAIN what new possible effect of meaning would be caused in the text by the exchange of
character "rooster" for "pheasant".
CHALLENGE QUESTION – TEXT PRODUCTION
In a script, all the expected feelings and sensations of the character must be
detailed and 'translated' into actions. See the example:
SCRIPT IN INITIAL TREATMENTS SCRIPT CLOSE TO TREATMENT
FINAL
John sits on the sofa. John gets up from the sofa.
Close-up of João's hands with a
Nervous João [Link]-up of João's mouth with the
cigarette and short puffs. João sits down
sofa. João gets up from the sofa. Close-up
João's wrinkled forehead. Close-up.
lip bite of João. João walks in
circles. João walks fast.
REWRITE two of the highlighted passages in the text, imagining how it would be possible to register in
movie script a sequence of actions capable of explaining what is intended, provoking
sense effects close to what may have been designed.
Attention: use, as a communication strategy, the grammatical categories reminded here.
activity. To do this, revisit the previous questions.