What is solicited screenplay ? Thanks in advance
What is solicited screenplay ? Thanks in advance
I seem to post a lot to this lounge, but I suppose that's because I'm new here and I find the advice incredibly helpful! Anyway, I'm currently writing a scene for a television script in which my protagonist pulls into a motel car park (parking lot) to see his estranged daughter standing there. The s...
Expand postI seem to post a lot to this lounge, but I suppose that's because I'm new here and I find the advice incredibly helpful! Anyway, I'm currently writing a scene for a television script in which my protagonist pulls into a motel car park (parking lot) to see his estranged daughter standing there. The scene currently looks like this: EXT. APARTMENT BLOCK CAR PARK, DAY. The Mustang reaches the dusty car park. There's a girl standing next to a very used orange KTM 450 EXC. She's eighteen, dirty blonde with heavy eye liner. CUT TO: INT. MUSTANG, CONTINUOUS. Jon can't believe his eyes. Jon: Grace? Is there any way of doing this without the cut to inside the car? If so please elaborate! Thanks is advance.
What Pierre said: Get rid of the CUT TO: and leave the rest as it is. (I have no idea why people dislike sluglines)
No offense taken! Worrying about that punctuation now, though... ;) scans it again \O/
Girl reach for car door and enters the mustang :)
@RB: I agree with RB being right about Dan saying Vanessa is right. I'm so glad these children were here today to hear that speech!
Gabby Johnson...
Hello friends, I have a wish to become screenwriter for films. I think that modern films are top art (magic :) because they use all elements of art, writing, visual and audio.
Welcome Dragoslav
Hi friends, Can someone recommend me book or link to study basics of Screenwriting for films. Thanks in advance.
I recommend Save The Cat. In a scriptwriting class (introduction) I took, we studied the Snyder Beat Sheet closely. It did help to use it as a blueprint (with flexibility).
Dramatic Story Structure: A Primer for Screenwriters by Edward J. Fink. Very informative, easy to understand, and to the point.
I recommend you carefully read a few scripts of movies you like to start with. Then follow the advice by all these wonderful people above :) It will make it easier for you to understand what all these...
Expand commentI recommend you carefully read a few scripts of movies you like to start with. Then follow the advice by all these wonderful people above :) It will make it easier for you to understand what all these books are explaining and teaching you since you have a point of reference by reading some scripts. Don´t forget to write! Best way to learn is to do it (write) while learning the theory from different books on screenwriting.
I highly recommend "Writing YOUR story for the BIG Screen" by Shawn Fornari. I studied under him at the Burt Reynolds Institute of Film and Theater in Jupiter, FL for a couple of years and I can hones...
Expand commentI highly recommend "Writing YOUR story for the BIG Screen" by Shawn Fornari. I studied under him at the Burt Reynolds Institute of Film and Theater in Jupiter, FL for a couple of years and I can honestly say, this is the Bible for me as an aspiring screenwriter. Good, solid, basic and fundamental information you NEED to know, along with great instruction as to HOW.
A great book to cover all the basics of formatting is "The Hollywood Standard" by Christopher Riley.