The Art of Screenwriting

Ok, so I have to admit that I could never, in a million years be a screenwriter! I never realized how difficult writing a movie script would be until doing the screenplay assignment. I must say I have gained so much respect for screen writers as they are truely talented people. Think about it, some screenwriters are capable of writing scripts for movies that end up being box-office hits! There's some serious skill right there. Imagine how much time and effort it takes these writers to get the scripts perfect. It's amazing.

So now that I have rambled on about screenwriters, I will shift my train of thought to what movies mean to me. Personally, I like movies, but I don't absolutely love them or depend on them. I will watch movies at home with friends and family sometimes, but not too often. Ususally, I will go see movies at the theatre with friends; I would much rather go to the theatre than watch them at home! It's just so much more exciting, in my opinion. Generally, I prefer comedy movies over any other type of movie. My second favourite type of movie would probably be action. While I watch movies, I often think things like wow, how did the screenwriter come up with such a cool idea? Or, how did the screenwriter have enough exciting ideas to make a movie out of?

When we were first told about the screenwriting assignment I sort of panicked. I thought, Oh no I can't write a twenty page script! When I first sat down to write, nothing came to my mind. I totally blanked out and had no idea what to write about. However, as the days went on, I started to generate ideas and eventually I started writing. Day after day, coming up with ideas became easier and I was writing non stop. Everything was flowing perfectly. So, in the end, I had a screenplay ( sorry, the formatting is kind of messed up!)

I know for a fact that my screenplay is not any masterpiece. I know that it is only a first version, so I am not too worried about the imperfections. Now that I am looking back on the writing experience, I see that it really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. In a way it was fun because I (and the rest of us) got to express my personality through my writing and come up with my own creative ideas.

So, I just want to close this entry by saying one thing. I am thankful for those who are talented screenwriters because without them, movies would not be an excellent source of entertainment for us!

Oh, oh, oh it's magic, you know.

Spells, wizards, witches and wands, it has it all. The crazy intense adventure along with the teen love sums up this amazing action-packed film. Do you want to be blown away this holiday season? Rent Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, out on dvd December 8.

In order to understand what is going on in this movie, however, I would reccomend that you watch the first five movies beforeheand (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth movie in the series)

In this movie, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is inevitably faced with having to come in contact with his life-long enemy, Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Dumbeldore (Michael Gambon), the headmaster Hogwart's school helps Harry to prepare for this terrifying event.


Meanwhile, romance takes place throughout the school, as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) refuse to admit their feelings for each other. Harry also has a crush of his own; Ron's younger sister, Ginny.


This film does an excellent job of showing a balance between the aspects of heartbreak as well as the thrill of evil forces attacking the school. The outstanding talent of the actors and actresses is what makes this movie so incredible. The special effects are amazing as well.


Personally, I love all of the Harry Potter movies. They all have similarities yet also differences. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is unique compared to the others because there isn't as much action; however there is still a lot of it! It does, however, focuses more on relationships and plotting against evil. Don't worry, this film is still exciting!

All of the movies are the same in the sense that there's always some sort of problem or difficulty the characters face. Therefore, each of the movies so far ( there is one more to come after the sixth one) have intense action and adventure.

Honestly, I can't even say what I don't like about this movie. I have no complaints, it was awesome! I loved all of the suspense and drama, it was really exciting to watch.


Ok, so I know what you're thinking- this movie sounds kinda lame. Well, i guess the description does sound somewhat cheesy and childish, but trust me, it is a really good movie! I would say the Harry Potter series can be watched by people of all ages. I would highly reccomend this film (and the first five) to everyone. You might be surprised at how addicting the movies really are once you start watching them!

"The Leaf" poem

Feel free to read my poem if you want :)

Writing Creative Poetry

Writing poetry always seemed to come as a challenge for me. I never wrote much poetry until this class. It is not that I didn't like it, it was the fact that I didn't think I was creative enough to write a solid poem. I have to say that Writer's Craft class has really changed my poetry writing abilities. Ms. Stronach's breathing and relaxation exercises really help in opening my mind and get all the creative ideas flowing. I also find it helps to not think too hard about what to write. The longer you sit there, frustrated because you can't think of what to write, the harder it will be to construct a creative poem. If you just relax and let your hand write what it wants to write, you will be surprised at what comes onto the page. Ms. Stronach taught us that as well, and it works, for me anyways. The neat thing about poetry is that everyone's poems will be unique, everyone has a different idea of what creativity is. It is interesting to see the many different ideas and writing styles that people use. Up until this point, I never considered myself a creative person. However, after writing all of these poems, I am beginning to realize that we are all creative. Some people may have more creativity than others, but we all have atleast a little bit. When you think about it, is it possible to write poems ( or any other pieces of writing) without any creativity at all? No. Don't ever think you can't write a poem because you believe that you don't have creativity. Everyone has it, so let it out and see what happens. You just never know until you try- that's what I learned.

A Little Touch of Fiction

First of all, I enjoy writing fictional stories. It's fun thinking of cool ideas that will leave the reader haning until the end. It usually takes me a long time to think of what to write about, but I guess that's part of the story writing process. The story I wrote is kinda dark and depressing and doesn't make a whole lot of sense until the end. Actually, even the end kind of leaves you wondering. It's really hard to describe exactly what it's about, you just have to read it. Feel free to check out my short story if you want! :)

connections ( or no connections ) to the world.

To be honest, I feel like I am not very connected to the world. I never read the newspaper (except for the weekender because I'm lame like that :)) so I rarely find out what's happening in the world on my own. I never watch the news or listen to the news on the radio either. So, since I don't do any of those things I rely on other people to tell me any "big news." Whenever something "big" happens, either my friends or my family will say "oh my gosh did you hear about...?" I simply say no I have no idea what you're talking about so they tell me about it. Sure, it might be easier just to stop being so lazy or become interested in reading the paper or watching the news so I can find out this information for myself, but whatever. So, basically, long story short, I am not very connected to the world. Locally, however, I do feel connected. I am in the know of what goes on around the town. I text and I have facebook so I get my information (and sometimes gossip!) that way. Personally, I find that texting and using facebook are more interesting ways to get my information. They may not be as accurate or in depth as the information on the news or in the paper ( and there is more inoformation on the news and in the paper) but to me, it doesn't really matter. So, just to summarize all the stuff I just wrote, I don't pay attention to what goes on in the world but I am always in on what goes on around locally.

A whole bunch of nothing

So, I'm sitting here, in my computer room with an empty mind. I wanted to come to my blog and write something interesting for people to read. Unfortunately, nothing is coming to me at the moment. Well, I also just wanted to try this whole blog thing out since I've never had a blog before. I've read some other people's blogs and thought they were really well written. At first I was a tad confused by the whole blog idea, but now I see how it will benefit our class. I am looking forward to using the blog more often in the future. Well, I don't really know what else to write and I'm sorry that all I could come up with is a whole bunch of nothing.