For my 3 scripts I feel that all of them were well thought
through. Instead of making them up as I went along I built on them until I felt
they were ready to be sent off to get looked at by the Channel 4
representative. Seeing as the scripts were meant for comedy sketches I could
not create a scene that was too long otherwise it would lose the flow.
Therefore I wanted my sketches to be quick and instantly let the audience know
that something was wrong. However when receiving feedback i had to change my scripts in certain ways as there were some problems with the shooting and stories of the scripts.
Finance was an issue for the shooting of my scripts as I was told that the budget for the show was very limited. Therefore to reduce the cost of sets etc i kept the last two sketches in one place as planned and changed my first sketch. Instead of having the two characters Jack and Adam walking down a street having a conversation I had them standing in a hallway which led into the dating club. This meant that the production of this scene would not require extra shooting in a street as well as a dating club. Therefore by changing the set of the scene i was able to keep the budget low. Due to the other scenes taking place in the same set all the way through already, I did not need to change the scenes sets.
Another problem with the first sketch of the "Dating Club" was that the sketch included a homosexual stereotype comedy in which homosexuals and other people may not find funny themselves and could take offense to it. Therefore to act upon this feedback I felt that by making Jack out to be the main joke of the sketch instead of the homosexual stereotype the scene would become less offensive. To do this I changed Jack from being nervous and scared of the Woman to flustered and seduced by her obvious flirting. I also changed the script from the Woman grabbing Jack to Jack grabbing the Woman. I also added in a small part at the end of the scene where Jack discovers he in a club where Transvestites go. By making Jack so desperate that he ends up doing things he will probably regret i transformed the scene into a less offensive and slightly funnier sketch.
My third sketch was said to be as not well developed as the other two sketches. This was because the sketch was too quick and the main "punchline" of the scene was delivered to quickly. However i still had a budget to stick to and therefore could not add anything extra to the sets such as Jack walking into the house or the two driving off or anything like that. However i added more dialogue to my characters to drag the scene out a little bit longer. This built up more effectively which made the overall joke of the scene funnier. However i still feel this scene is over a bit too quickly and would like to have added more to it.
When receiving feedback on my scripts it was quite frustrating to change them due to having to take out and add or change parts of your script based on other peoples ideas for it. This was a different experience to how my work is normally marked and given a grade and some feedback. Instead the script that is produced is taken and modified by other people regardless of what you may want to happen in the script. This is quite upsetting as it shows that ideas that you may like and want to keep could easily be taken away and not used due to budget or offensive issues. However i feel i still kept my sketches funny and would like to be given the oppurtunity to write them for someone again.
Another problem with the first sketch of the "Dating Club" was that the sketch included a homosexual stereotype comedy in which homosexuals and other people may not find funny themselves and could take offense to it. Therefore to act upon this feedback I felt that by making Jack out to be the main joke of the sketch instead of the homosexual stereotype the scene would become less offensive. To do this I changed Jack from being nervous and scared of the Woman to flustered and seduced by her obvious flirting. I also changed the script from the Woman grabbing Jack to Jack grabbing the Woman. I also added in a small part at the end of the scene where Jack discovers he in a club where Transvestites go. By making Jack so desperate that he ends up doing things he will probably regret i transformed the scene into a less offensive and slightly funnier sketch.
My third sketch was said to be as not well developed as the other two sketches. This was because the sketch was too quick and the main "punchline" of the scene was delivered to quickly. However i still had a budget to stick to and therefore could not add anything extra to the sets such as Jack walking into the house or the two driving off or anything like that. However i added more dialogue to my characters to drag the scene out a little bit longer. This built up more effectively which made the overall joke of the scene funnier. However i still feel this scene is over a bit too quickly and would like to have added more to it.
When receiving feedback on my scripts it was quite frustrating to change them due to having to take out and add or change parts of your script based on other peoples ideas for it. This was a different experience to how my work is normally marked and given a grade and some feedback. Instead the script that is produced is taken and modified by other people regardless of what you may want to happen in the script. This is quite upsetting as it shows that ideas that you may like and want to keep could easily be taken away and not used due to budget or offensive issues. However i feel i still kept my sketches funny and would like to be given the oppurtunity to write them for someone again.
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