LO2: Task 4- Professional Etiquette

 What Does Professional Etiquette mean?

Professional Etiquette stands for the unwritten code of conduct that people are expected to use during a professional standard. 

How does this link to my job role?

The reason why having a professional etiquette in screenwriting is important, is because your professionalism in that area will have improvements, and can be noticed by your peers and those around you, that can potentially build up more trust and opportunities for the future. 

Contribution to other roles

Where would screenwriters be placed?

In my opinion, i would place Screenwriters at the top instead of actors. The reason why i would do this, is because they have a massive impact on the formation of the pre-production of a film that help builds up towards the production side of the film. For example, a screenwriter, would write up the story, the characters, their looks, personality and the role in the film, along with location, where the characters are placed, and the whole moral of the story as a whole. I would also place a director below a scriptwriter, as they would often rely on the script to gain knowledge on how the film is to be presented and laid out to the others working on the film. This would also be important for auditions to see who is best suited for which character.

How would screenwriters impact other roles?

Screenwriters would impact other roles such as producers, as they would inform them on the Characters and location settings, which would then be the producers role to go and find the actors and locations around the world that are best suited to match the script. Next, would be the director, as they would need additional knowledge from the screenwriter on the production side of the film, as they would have more knowledge on how to help run the story line of the film. The reason why a good relationship between the Scriptwriter, Producer and the Director, is because with a healthy working atmosphere between the three, can make filming and planning become more efficient with better quality.  However, if there was a bad relationship between them, the quality of work and planning will be poor, due to the lack of communication and enthusiasm between them. This could also end up having actors or other staging crew leave the production due to a poor working environment.