Screenplay: The Foundations
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14. Screenplay form
• The writer's job is to write the screenplay and keep the reader turning pages, not to determine how a scene or sequence should be filmed. You don't have to tell the director and cinematographer and film editor how to do their jobs. Your job is to write the screenplay, to give them enough visual information so they can bring those words on the page into life, in full "sound and fury," revealing strong visual and dramatic action, with clarity, insight, and emotion. • That's what the screenplay form is all about—what is a professional screenplay, and what isn't. As a reader, I'm always looking for an excuse not to read a script. • The screenwriter is not responsible for writing in the camera angles and detailed shot terminology. It's not the writer's job. The writer's job is to tell the director what to shoot, not how to shoot it. If you specify how each scene should be shot, the director will probably throw it away. • The description paragraph should deal only with what we see. If we can't see it through hand or facial gestures, or hear it through the dialogue, don't write it. • The subtext of the scene, what is not said, can sometimes be more important than what is said. Again, dialogue serves two basic functions in the scene: Either it moves the story forward or it reveals information about the character. • Descriptions of characters or places should not be longer than a few lines. And descriptive paragraphs, describing the action, should be no longer than four sentences. That's not a hard- and-fast rule, it's only a suggestion. The more "white space" you can have on the page, the better it looks. • New characters introduced are always capitalized. • The character speaking is always capitalized and placed in the center of the page. 33 |
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