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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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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If you want to concentrate on character (or plot), don’t make the mistake of ignoring the other.
A lot of feature screenplays have a good “save the cat” moment. But what is that, exactly?
Be so compelling in how you reveal your inciting incident that there isn’t a reader in the world who is too jaded to appreciate your unique hook.
It’s not surprising that screenwriters often confuse these terms. There doesn’t appear to be a definitive common understanding of these words in the screenwriting world.
The golden ticket to understanding how to show, not tell, is to think of every action line as a camera shot. If the camera can’t see it, delete it.
You’ve got a great idea for a movie you’d love to see on the big screen. You even know the actors who would play the lead roles. You’ve always enjoyed writing and figure you might as well make a living doing something you love. Aye, there’s the rub.
