The art of dying
The Art of Dying is an individual, interdisciplinary project between Film and Visual Communications. The project consists of the ‘pitch package’ for a 6-episode web series, the screenplay for 3 of the episodes and supporting marketing collateral like posters, and a website for the series. Each episo...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1406822020-06-01T06:58:44Z The art of dying Kumar, Namita Benjamin Alexander Slater Lisa Winstanley School of Art, Design and Media BASLATER@ntu.edu.sg, lwinstanley@ntu.edu.sg Visual arts and music::Film::Digital The Art of Dying is an individual, interdisciplinary project between Film and Visual Communications. The project consists of the ‘pitch package’ for a 6-episode web series, the screenplay for 3 of the episodes and supporting marketing collateral like posters, and a website for the series. Each episode is 12 to 15 minutes long. The series is a comedy-drama about 28-year-old Vicky Gupta who is tired of living under the constant scrutiny of his power crazy, micromanaging father (and boss). He’s offered a welcome escape when he accidentally inherits a floundering funeral services company. As the series progresses, he is tasked with the responsibility of leading a cast of uninterested and lazy characters to breathe new life into the inherited company, and in the process, faces a host of hardships he's never faced before. The series is set in present-day Diva, a small, less developed suburb located on the northwestern fringe of Mumbai.This report is a written documentation of my journey as a screenwriter and of how The Art of Dyingcame to be from conceptualization to marketing. It is a descriptive reflection of some of the technical choices I have made while writing the story, challenges faced and lessons learnt. It is also a brief documentation of how this project has helped me grow as a person over the past year. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Filmmaking 2020-06-01T06:58:44Z 2020-06-01T06:58:44Z 2020 Final Year Project (FYP) https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140682 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
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The Art of Dying is an individual, interdisciplinary project between Film and Visual Communications. The project consists of the ‘pitch package’ for a 6-episode web series, the screenplay for 3 of the episodes and supporting marketing collateral like posters, and a website for the series. Each episode is 12 to 15 minutes long. The series is a comedy-drama about 28-year-old Vicky Gupta who is tired of living under the constant scrutiny of his power crazy, micromanaging father (and boss). He’s offered a welcome escape when he accidentally inherits a floundering funeral services company. As the series progresses, he is tasked with the responsibility of leading a cast of uninterested and lazy characters to breathe new life into the inherited company, and in the process, faces a host of hardships he's never faced before. The series is set in present-day Diva, a small, less developed suburb located on the northwestern fringe of Mumbai.This report is a written documentation of my journey as a screenwriter and of how The Art of Dyingcame to be from conceptualization to marketing. It is a descriptive reflection of some of the technical choices I have made while writing the story, challenges faced and lessons learnt. It is also a brief documentation of how this project has helped me grow as a person over the past year. |
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