Screenwriting Workshop Film Festival Society. What makes a screenplay a screenplay?

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Screenwriting Workshop Film Festival Society

What makes a screenplay a screenplay?

Format Courier point 12 Underlining / italics / bold Structure Title page

Style Opening sequence Grammar / Vocabulary The We Problem – To we or not to we Dialogue – Should support the narrative Parentheticals – Beware of over-directing Camera movement Visual Style

DON‘T PUT TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN DESCRIPTIONS !

Story Story > Format – Care about it! Genre Emotion and Meaning

Characters What should you know about a character?

Character Audience knows 20% Backstory Desire Change Relationships Characterization is not character

Little Miss Sunshine Scene –

Little Miss Sunshine Desire Conflict Emotion Meaning

Celtx Screenwriting Software – FREE No more worrying about format :D iPhone / iPad apps Share it with rest of production crew

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