Filmmaking / Directing : P.O.V´s by Jose Luis Madrigal

Jose Luis Madrigal

P.O.V´s

I was thinking about on how to set up a series of POVs at a Technical script, so The Script says something like this:

EXT. SPACESHIP/SECTOR WEIDER2000 - SPACE

An old sapaceship with some marks of hits and oxid, navigate doging space junk in the middle of nothing.

INT. SPACESHIP - SPACE

ALEX drive´s the space ship trhoug space junk, dodging some remnants of satellites, meteorits and abandoned spacecraft.

TOM as co-pilot, try´s to stabilizate the controls.

A remmant of a satellite almost hit the spaceship.

P.O.V. ALEX

Alex driving the spaceship dodge the space trash.

ALEX

(worried)

It almost hit us.

RETURN TO SCENE

P.O.V. TOM

Tom holding on the seat.

TOM

(afraid)

We are not going to make it, there is a

lot of trash and we don´t have

enought plasma to arrive to the

space platform.

RETURN TO SCENE

Alex look at Tom and laught.

ALEX

(lauging)

Are you serious? You do´nt kwow

the power of this baby, she´s georgous.

P.O.V. TOM

A meteorit goes trough the space.

TOM

(terrified)

Carefull!

RETURN TO SCENE

Tom try´s to look at Alex, he is holding the seat with more streange.

The light at the controls and the BEEP´s intermitent anounce a issue in the spaceship.

My Q is on How many camera moves should I have to put at the shooting? Should I use a basic system of General shoot/POV/Close up´s/Inserts. Is there an other type of sytem to make it more efficient with less camera moves? I always prefer more camera movements per scene, achieving a scene with more action.

Cheers!!!

Kiril Maksimoski

Why POV? This looks like a "talking heads" case to me (only a bit more shaking heads looking at the spacecraft windshield).

Anyways, check intro in the Alien script for exterior/interior shots of the space ship

Jose Luis Madrigal

It's s exactly what I need from a technical script, thanks for the advice, I will take into consideration the angles and sizes to translate them into the description of the scenes where I think it is really necessary.

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