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Script Writing Tips

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Karen Berns

3 Views • Oct 12, 2018

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Would you like to write a short film or a feature film and then, maybe, shoot it? Writing a film script has its complexity, and therefore it is convenient to approach the task calmly and with a certain methodology. In this article, I am going to let you know the process that professionals usually follow to write their film scripts.
It is a process that consists of several phases. They are the following:
1. The initial idea
The first step you should take to write your script is to get an idea that is attractive to you and that impels you to put yourself to work. Sometimes you just run off ideas, then you can find different essay services, news website or writer forums such as http://quizlets.live/ to inspirited yourself. As an idea you can use a peculiar character, a strange situation , a scenario you know, an experience of your own, a them.
2. The logline
The next step is, starting from this initial idea, to begin to specify a story. For the moment, it will be enough for you to fix some of its basic elements: who will be the protagonist , what the action will be in broad strokes , where and when it will pass, what tone will it have ...
3. The argument
Once we know what the script will be, we will proceed to work on the plot , that is, the facts that make up the story. An argument can be more or less complex: it can consist of a single line of action, in two lines of action that are developed in parallel or in a whole network of lines of action.
In any case, what is recommended in this phase is to write a plot synopsis: a summary of a page that explains, without going into detail, the argument from beginning to end.
4. The runway
Now that we have the story to tell, we will decide how to tell it. For this, what we will do is divide the argument into scenes. A scene is a block of narration in which the action takes place on the same stage and in a continuous time.
5. The literary script
Finally, in the literary script we will narrate the story with enough detail and in the appropriate format so that it can be taken to the screen without problems. The narration must be audiovisual, that is, everything we have, even if we do it in text, will have to be visible or audible. Of course, at no time we will give technical indications for the realization of the film (plane sizes, frames, camera movements, etc.). That is what the director of the film will do when he writes the technical script.
And with this you already have your script! You just need to put a good title. Obviously, this has been only a general explanation of the process of writing a script and I have not stopped to detail the specific technique of each of the phases. You can delve into them by following the links that I have included.