Tadpole: the writing of a first feature length screenplay
Robert Mckee, Hollywood’s father of screenwriting best known for his Story Seminar, once said that “writing is a marathon, not a sprint” (Young, 2022). As the title of this paper suggests, Tadpole: The Writing of a First Feature Length Screenplay is the culmination of a year-long journey embarking o...
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| author | Neo, Joel Rui En |
| author2 | Christoph Hahnheiser |
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| description | Robert Mckee, Hollywood’s father of screenwriting best known for his Story Seminar, once said that “writing is a marathon, not a sprint” (Young, 2022). As the title of this paper suggests, Tadpole: The Writing of a First Feature Length Screenplay is the culmination of a year-long journey embarking on the writing of my first feature-length screenplay, titled Tadpole.
Set against the backdrop of Singapore’s fading rural landscape amidst rapid urbanization in 2010, Tadpole is a coming-of-age story told from a child’s perspective about an unexpected friendship that blossoms in the unlikeliest of circumstances – a spirited 10-year-old child protagonist wandering the streets amidst her parents’ bitter separation finds a confidante in an equally vivacious 49-year-old proprietor of a faltering family frog farm.
This report will dissect and discuss the motivations of wanting to embark on a solo final year project, the story development and writing process, the challenges encountered, and the eventual learning outcomes of this fledgling attempt at the seemingly insurmountable feat of writing a feature-length screenplay for the first time. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1757342024-05-11T16:55:37Z Tadpole: the writing of a first feature length screenplay Neo, Joel Rui En Christoph Hahnheiser School of Art, Design and Media c.hahnheiser@ntu.edu.sg Arts and Humanities Media art (filmmaking) Art, design and media Screenwriting Robert Mckee, Hollywood’s father of screenwriting best known for his Story Seminar, once said that “writing is a marathon, not a sprint” (Young, 2022). As the title of this paper suggests, Tadpole: The Writing of a First Feature Length Screenplay is the culmination of a year-long journey embarking on the writing of my first feature-length screenplay, titled Tadpole. Set against the backdrop of Singapore’s fading rural landscape amidst rapid urbanization in 2010, Tadpole is a coming-of-age story told from a child’s perspective about an unexpected friendship that blossoms in the unlikeliest of circumstances – a spirited 10-year-old child protagonist wandering the streets amidst her parents’ bitter separation finds a confidante in an equally vivacious 49-year-old proprietor of a faltering family frog farm. This report will dissect and discuss the motivations of wanting to embark on a solo final year project, the story development and writing process, the challenges encountered, and the eventual learning outcomes of this fledgling attempt at the seemingly insurmountable feat of writing a feature-length screenplay for the first time. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-06T01:55:40Z 2024-05-06T01:55:40Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Neo, J. R. E. (2024). Tadpole: the writing of a first feature length screenplay. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175734 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175734 en ADM20.24.U2030491A application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
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