Writing a feature film script has a very specific structure, with acts, sequences, plot points, scenes, etc. And all of these elements follow a defined form, in which our cinematic story must be told - a visual story between 90 and 120 pages. That’s not a lot of pages. Therefore, we must be acutely concerned with screenplay management, a.k.a. script economy. Sure, you’re telling a story, but you don’t have time to discover your way. You must know it. And you must be prudent as you go: start your story as late as you can, begin each scene at the last possible moment,…

Screenplay Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy Movie Time: 125 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT It's been three years since Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) last spoke with his father Edward Bloom (Albert Finney), but he flies back home to see his dad, who is dying of cancer. Will enters his father's bedroom and asks his dad to tell him the true version of the stories Edward has told all his life. Edward refuses, saying that his stories have always been the truth. (00:15:02)