Jordan Paree: Boom operator, camera operator and editor in Tucson, Arizona.

There's a lot of good advice here for you. I hope mine helps. You have to understand that the script you'll be writing should be a spec script. This means you're speculating that someone will buy it. There is no rule that states your script has to be 120 pages, so get that number out of your head. The shorter a spec script is, the better chances you'll have of selling it. 85 to 110 pages is a good range. Most spec scripts are sold within that page range. There are some great feature films that were made from 45 or 60 page scripts. Page count and movie length all comes down to money. Most producers prefer to keep their movies under 2 hours because it means more showings per day in a theater, which means more money. So forget about the 120 page script. A spec script is bare bones. It's just a blueprint for the movie. That means no camera angles, no transitions... Just the scene setting, the action and the dialogue. Your job is the writer, let the director decide what angles and transitions to use. Don't include any immaculate details, either. Action paragraphs should be kept to 4 lines max. Same with dialogue, if you can help it. In a script it's okay to write short, choppy sentences. The more white on the page, the better. That means it'll be a fast read for whoever picks it up. As far as the treatment goes, you don't have to go all out with a 15 pager. 2-5 pages is fine. Remember that script readers, agents and producers are busy people. They don't have time, nor do most desire, to sit and read a 15 page treatment for a script that could have been told in 3 pages. Good luck.

There was something Max Landis suggested which is the three-things theory. Basically it's saying a lot of things happen in movies, but really only three things happen. These are thematic things. For example, my favorite movie, JAWS: 1. Chief Brody finds out there's a shark out in the water 2. He tries to keep everyone out of the water 3. He blows up the shark That's just one example, but there are many. Find the three things you want to happen in your screenplay, and from there, build more things that will connect those three things.

Mr brian and Mr Craig, thanks for the advice.