Spec Script
Also called a “selling script” this is written on the “speculation” that the story could interest a
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Prep Your Script for Contests – Tips from an AFF Reader
As Coco Chanel said (requoted by Sigourney Weaver’s character in Working Girl): “Dress shabbily, they notice the dress; Dress impeccably, they notice the woman.” Same applies to your script.
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Spec Screenplay Style
By Guest Blogger Jim Kalergis – “The simplicity of screenplay form is that we write what the audience will see on screen and hear from the theater sound system, in the order they will see and hear it. We do so in the expectation and hope that by so doing, the reader will experience what they’re reading as a “mind movie.”
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I’m writing a movie script
Maybe rethink your trope alarm clock or funeral opening. Those types of humdrum beginnings will invariably raise scornful eyebrows in seasoned readers.
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12-Sequence Screenplay Outline – How to Plan Your Feature script
What is a 12 sequence screenplay outline? A 12 Scene Screenplay sequence is a fantastic way to outline your 3-Act feature screenplay. This type of outline forces you to visualize your entire story and all the plot beats and connections, long before you sit down to write. Some writers prefer the eight-sequence outline. Personally, I follow Gary Goldstein’s preference for the 12 sequence screenplay outline – three sequences in Act 1 (25-30 pages), six in
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Selling Script
A non-commissioned screenplay written with the hope to interest producers in purchasing or optioning
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Shooting Script
A greenlit script that those on set work from. Unlike spec scripts, shooting scripts are highly deta
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Transcript
A screenplay that has been transcribed from the finished film. Not an appropriate model to emulate f
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Simply Scripts
A screenwriting community and repository for free screenplays and one of several sites offering acce
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Stunt Spec
A ‘calling card’ spec script based on an existing program written for the sole purpose to demonstrat
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