Okay. So your protagonist walks through the threshold, the door closes behind him – crunch, crunch goes the key in…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-E7pENfKE A screenplay is built through scenes, sequences, acts, using tension, conflict and obstacles, while eliciting hopes and fears, but…
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The art of the white space is less art and more artifice. White space is a clever and practical way…
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Religion has its trinities; you have The Three C’s. Always be CLEAR and CONCISE, yet still CREATIVE. Both in description…
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The second sequence continues fleshing out previous elements: revealing new layers within the Protagonist, clarifying more Rules of the World,…
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Always ask yourself “The Why”: why does your hero ask to be in the story? Because then you begin to…
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The tip didn’t sink the Titanic. It was the iceberg under the Atlantic that gets props for that. Character creation…
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For the most part, screenplays evolve two ways: plot driven (often called High Concept), when a writer plugs original characters…
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The first sequence of your screenplay is the most important part of the written script. Remember, the reader is looking…
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Exposition is an explanation of necessary information to the understanding of the facts from which the story action departs. Basically,…
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