APPENDIX 2
FORM AND AESTHETICS QUESTIONNAIRE
Name _______________________________________________
Film ________________________________________________
Phone _______________________________________________
Fill out this form to see how much you know about your film. Take the time to refine your answers and fill out all the spaces. Notice how the questionnaire encapsulates the artistic process by starting with your major belief, then moving through information about your film and its characters, and ending with how you want to act on your audience.
1. Statistics
My film will be ____ minutes long, will be shot on (format) ____, is expected to take ____ shooting days, and to cost $ ____. So far I have (check what applies):
| A rough idea, incomplete ____ | A thematic statement ____ | All cast ____ |
| Complete but rough idea ____ | A treatment ____ | Principal cast ____ |
| A beginning ____ | Screenplay ____ | Production manager ____ |
| A middle ____ | Shooting script ____ | All funds ____ |
| An end ____ | Producer ____ | ____% funds raised ____ |
| A step outline ____ | Director of photography ____ | ____ $ still to raise ____ |
2. Personal philosophy behind the making of this film
In life I believe that ____
3. Premise
The film explores my convictions by showing (here briefly write your film' premise): ____
4. Genre
The genre (type or family) of this film is ________ , and my film only departs from this genre in that it ____
5. Main characters, their wants, dominant traits, and major conflict for each (most important first)
Character A ____ mainly wants ____
Dominant traits ____
Major conflict ________
Character B ________ mainly wants ________
Dominant traits ____
Major conflict ____
Character C ________ mainly wants ________
Dominant traits ________
Character D ____ mainly wants ____
Dominant traits ________
Major conflict ____
Character E ____ mainly wants ____
Dominant traits ____
Major conflict ____
Character F ____ mainly wants ____
Dominant traits ____
Major conflict ____
More characters? Add on separate sheet.
6. Major situation affecting the main characters
The major situation in which the characters find themselves is ____
7. Point of view
(a) The point-of-view character is ________ and his/her biased way of seeing means that ____
(b) Subsidiary characters are ____ and their way of seeing, by contrast, means that ____
(c) The Storyteller' characteristics are ________ and this makes him/her see in a particular way that is ________
8. The film' main conflict
The major forces at conflict in this film are between ________ and ________
9. ____ The confrontation
The story' main conflict is finally played out between ________ and ________ in ________ scene.
10. Story resolution
The resolution to the characters____ struggle is ________
11. Intended impact
After they have seen my film, I want my audience members to:
(a) Feel ________
(b) Think ________
(c) Tell all their friends to go and see the film because ________
Anything important not included above:
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