Yes! And yes. The best way to get over the hump about time limits and dialogue limits is to watch this short.
7 of the best short film minutes of your life.
A short treats its topic in a very specific, stripped-down, highly-focused way. It can seem very roomy when you switch up your thinking from exposition to in-the-now.
A short forces you to think in immediate images that tell story. Your film writing will be fresh and fun if you can bring it down to the concept of one person with one emotional conflict that they can solve with one ACTION.
The only problem with short scripts and no dialogue is that your IDEA has to be wired tight.
Start with CONFLICT. A guy strapped to a bomb. A guy who’s dancing with a girl and his gum gets stuck in her hair. A girl caught snooping in her girlfriend’s porn stash. Whatever.
Start with a very simple and dramatic visual CONFLICT, and you will unlock the magical power of the short script.
