Apr 09 Love0 Sequence 3: Raising the Stakes By Michael Schilf Script Tips Okay. So your protagonist walks through the threshold, the door closes behind him – crunch, crunch goes the key in…Read More
Apr 09 Love0 Your Fab Five: Plot Point Moments By Michael Schilf Script Tips 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…Read More
Apr 09 Love0 More White Space, Faster Read By Michael Schilf Script Tips The art of the white space is less art and more artifice. White space is a clever and practical way…Read More
Apr 08 Love0 The Three C’s – The Writer’s Trinity By Michael Schilf Script Tips Religion has its trinities; you have The Three C’s. Always be CLEAR and CONCISE, yet still CREATIVE. Both in description…Read More
Apr 07 Love0 Sequence 2: The Lock In By Michael Schilf Script Tips The second sequence continues fleshing out previous elements: revealing new layers within the Protagonist, clarifying more Rules of the World,…Read More
Apr 07 Love0 Apply the Why: Your Story Epoxy By Michael Schilf Script Tips Always ask yourself “The Why”: why does your hero ask to be in the story? Because then you begin to…Read More
Apr 06 Love0 Reveal the Tip, Know the Iceberg By Michael Schilf Script Tips The tip didn’t sink the Titanic. It was the iceberg under the Atlantic that gets props for that. Character creation…Read More
Apr 06 Love1 The Character Driven Story By Michael Schilf Script Tips For the most part, screenplays evolve two ways: plot driven (often called High Concept), when a writer plugs original characters…Read More
Apr 05 Love0 Sequence 1: Get it Right or Bust By Michael Schilf Script Tips The first sequence of your screenplay is the most important part of the written script. Remember, the reader is looking…Read More
Apr 04 Love0 Exposition needs an Occupation By Michael Schilf Script Tips Exposition is an explanation of necessary information to the understanding of the facts from which the story action departs. Basically,…Read More