writerlyn: One of my favorite things about my new job is seeing gif sets of my boss’s actors and actresses on tumblr. Each time, I want to reblog them and go eheheheheheh. I won’t, but still. Hello, new followers! I am so happy to see you poke your head in the door from over at…
Read moreCLARITY PROBLEMS
Clarity problems happen when the central conflict gets buried under an avalanche of superfluous ideas. To enhance clarity in your script, give the reader the thread early. Weight your setup to favor your protagonist and the problem, give less time to secondary characters, set atmosphere with active images instead of conversations. Keep all of your…
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Create a character who wants something specific, give him/her conflict to make it difficult to attain, and then find a climax and resolution that are unexpected. Linda J. Cowgill, Writing Short Films To me, this is basically everything. (via poetaster-poetaster) Seconded.
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CHEMISTRY
Chemistry between characters needs to be built. It is not enough that they are both attractive. It is not enough that they snark at each other. Real chemistry is built in the moments when they admire each other. They don’t have to do it out loud. If you don’t carefully and deliberately build the chemistry,…
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Notes from a Screenreader: Meaningful Images
Notes from a Screenreader: Meaningful Images nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. A script is a story that will be told with images. It feels like that goes without saying, but spec scripts are so often crushed under the weight of their own dialogue that it bears repeating. Meaningful images are revealing, memorable, interesting…
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