Posted on July 25, 2008 in Selling Your Script | 1 Comment
Here’s a checklist similar to what many studio readers use when assessing the quality of your screenplay. Does your script pass the test?
…We all scoff at the idea of rules, knowing quite correctly that great art — even great commercial art — often enjoys its success precisely for the reason of breaking the rules. In [...]
Posted on July 22, 2008 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
by David Trottier
Q: A Reader’s Script Formatting Question: How does a writer denote in a spec screenplay the fact that a character has a double identity and is known to individual characters under two separate identities? Example: a character is known as ‘BILL’ to one set of characters, but ‘JIM’ to another — do you [...]
Posted on July 22, 2008 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Some great advice and free PDF on screenplay formating from the Nicholl Fellowships and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Suggest by member: Lila
…There is no absolute “standard” format used by all professional screenwriters working in the American film industry. Slight variations abound in scripts written by professionals. That said, professional scripts [...]
Posted on July 20, 2008 in General Screenwriting | No Comments
Celtx is 100% Open Source and Free to download and use. It combines screenplay formatting with script break-down tools, research and production scheduling functions.
Built around Celtx, Motion Sketches is an online video series that explores contemporary approaches to media production development. From the big screen to the mobile screen, from live-action to the virtual camera [...]
Posted on July 19, 2008 in General Screenwriting | 2 Comments
by Brad Schreiber
Having been the director of development for TV/film director Jonathan Kaplan (Unlawful Entry, The Accused, NBC’s E.R.), I had the unique and special opportunity to read screenplays, as well as fiction and non-fiction books and articles, to see if there was anything which might interest him as a directorial assignment.
Anyway, it’s funny (funny-pathetic, [...]
Posted on July 19, 2008 in Screenplay Format | No Comments
Scriptologist.com offers a great series of articles covering the basics to the more advanced areas of screenplay formating.
How to Format a Screenplay
You’ve plotted your story, developed your characters, and written a scene-by-scene outline of your story. Now you’re ready to write it in professional screenplay format. Read more…
How to Format a Screenplay: Part II
This is [...]
Posted on May 29, 2008 in Screenplay Format | 1 Comment
Hollywood loves buzzwords, and one of the latest is “vertical,” as in make your screenplays vertical. Like many buzzwords, this one is based on a fundamental truism: it is easier to read a manuscript that is “vertical” with lots of white space on the page than one that has great text density.
You know this yourself. [...]
