The most important character in your screenplay is your protagonist: your hero. It's her story. We hope and fear for…
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The beginning screenwriter often uses dialogue as a crutch, thinking it is his best friend. Sure, most characters do have…
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On one hand, the term action is used to describe the main story of a script - meaning a sequence…
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You don’t want to explain to the audience, because that makes them observers. You want to reveal to them little…
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In a movie, the camera dramatizes the process of viewing the action and bring it on screen, allowing our eyes…
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Exposition is necessary as an aid to the understanding of the facts from which the story action departs. It is…
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Scenes require visual movement. And scene description should include detailed information concerning one or more of the following areas:
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In their book The Tools of Screenwriting, David Howard and Edward Mabley illustrate ten things the screenwriter must accomplish when…
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Dramatic effect derives from what is probable, and not from what is possible. - Aristotle The course of events the screenwriter…
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