Writing the short film 3th - Part 16. Cuốn sách này chủ yếu giúp tham khảo về phương pháp viết kịch bản, phim ảnh, video và các nhà làm phim video - những người đang phải đối mặt với sự cần thiết của việc viết một kịch bản tường thuật ngắn sao cho hay, mạch lạc, nội dung phim được truyền tải hết đến người xem. | The Need for Storytelling 95 objectified. The goal should always be to create an accessible engaging story. The personal can often be self-indulgent or sophomoric whereas a story based on personal experience that tries to engage the audience more fully leaves the audience as witnesses instead of participants. There are many other sources of stories beyond personal recollection the most obvious being the daily newspapers. In this chapter we will illustrate other sources that can be used as the basis for excellent film or video stories. The Periodical Article as a Source In February 1992 two years after reunification the following story was reported from the former East The recently opened Stasi secret police files had revealed that a 30-year-old woman who had been involved in a human rights demonstration in the mid-1980s had for the next six years been under observation and that the spy who had reported her activities throughout this time was her husband. She filed for divorce. Her husband stated in an interview that if the Communists had remained in control he would have continued to spy on her. Here is a marital relationship which in an ideal world we might expect to function to protect husband and wife from the problems and challenges of society in this case a Communist regime in East Germany. This expectation proves to be wrong since the husband represented the intrusive government and spied on his wife whose activities defied the government s philosophy and policy. What we might expect to be the most cherished haven from Communism and government the family unit was therefore no protection for the individual. The implication is that there is no protection for the individual. Although there is sufficient story potential here for a longer film there are also a number of ways the story can be developed for a short one. The following is one suggestion for a short film script. There are many points where it would be effective to join this story. We suggest
