Writing the short film 3th - Part 28. 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 Docudrama 179 Every story can be presented in a style that emphasizes veracity but not every story is suitable for such treatment. The first question you must answer for yourself has to do with your sense of purpose for the story. Is your goal concerned with politics education or information as opposed to entertainment A second question has to do with the importance of the event or person you are dramatizing. Was the event critical to history Was the person influential If so how is the event or person relevant to today s audience Finally do you feel it is very important to share your view of this story with the audience How will it change their lives How has it changed yours If the majority of your answers are affirmative the docudrama may very well be a useful approach to your story. The Use of Character and Goal Although the docudrama can proceed without a main character if it chronicles an event more often there is a main character and that character does have a goal. The difference between melodrama and docudrama is actually one of point of view how the main character and his or her goal is deployed. In melodrama we enter and experience the story through the main character. In docudrama however the point of view or point of entry to the story is via the writer-director whose point of view is not necessarily that of the main character. In fact the main character and his or her goal is simply the vehicle by which the writer-director presents his or her views on the story. In Land and Freedom Ken Loach wants to say something about idealism and about how realpolitik destroys the idealism that arises out of hopeful political ideology. He uses the main character and his consequent disillusionment as the vehicle for that idea. In this film the view of the writer-director exists separately from the main character and his goal. The main character and his goal become the lightning rod for the ideas of the writer-director. The Proximity of the Docudrama to the .
