Genre: Thriller - The Script Lab
Came across this today via twitter and thought it did an exellent job of phrasing subgenres in aiper quick easy to understand descriptions. Meanwhile, I've been describing the full plot of my film, Lazarus. SMH...
Thanks Script Lab for showing me how to get to freaking point.
#KeepWriting
-DW
Friday, May 22, 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
All the Writing Before You Write....
So I have gotten advice from various sources on the pre-writing phase and everyone recognizes that you have to do something. From alternate blogs, to screenwriting books, to Screencraft tweets to Film Courage videos....the verdict is all the same. Don't just start writing on a page. If you do, you will eventually go mad when your story goes awry.
For Blake Snyder's Cat People, it is all about a beat sheet that gets flushed out further in the form of a board full of notecards separated by your act breaks. Upon being placed in order on notecard, the story begins to take shape on the page.
For the Syd Field field-of-workbook dreamers, it is all about paradigm and structure. This camp of thought is also based on the Act breaks of old English theatre. But it focuses on the paradigm models at its core before the writing takes place.
What are some core parts in your process for creating a script? Do you like Blake, Syd or someone elses pre-writing process best?
For Blake Snyder's Cat People, it is all about a beat sheet that gets flushed out further in the form of a board full of notecards separated by your act breaks. Upon being placed in order on notecard, the story begins to take shape on the page.
For the Syd Field field-of-workbook dreamers, it is all about paradigm and structure. This camp of thought is also based on the Act breaks of old English theatre. But it focuses on the paradigm models at its core before the writing takes place.
What are some core parts in your process for creating a script? Do you like Blake, Syd or someone elses pre-writing process best?
Friday, May 8, 2015
Sorry for the Wait Newbies
This is one of the 10 videos I made for the #Sources2015 social campaign for the Source of Urban Educational Conference. Try to say that 3 times fast!
...which is a video series I completed for GSU aka my 'day job'. They kept me occupied the last 2 weekends which is why my video post are delayed. No complaints. It was fun and it was great to flex my directorial and editing skills.
Just wish I didn't leave my newbies hanging! Hopefully you took the time to do something constructive like, make some Beat Sheets and read some scripts.
I promise I have not forgot about you or Lazarus or Minority Rapport. What is Minority Rapport you ask? That is what I am calling my episodic narrative series project.
New video coming this weekend.
More #Sources2015 videos below if you are interested in learning more about the conference.
https://vimeo.com/127176275
https://vimeo.com/127176275
https://vimeo.com/127205994
https://vimeo.com/127221174
#KeepWriting
- DW
...which is a video series I completed for GSU aka my 'day job'. They kept me occupied the last 2 weekends which is why my video post are delayed. No complaints. It was fun and it was great to flex my directorial and editing skills.
Just wish I didn't leave my newbies hanging! Hopefully you took the time to do something constructive like, make some Beat Sheets and read some scripts.
I promise I have not forgot about you or Lazarus or Minority Rapport. What is Minority Rapport you ask? That is what I am calling my episodic narrative series project.
New video coming this weekend.
More #Sources2015 videos below if you are interested in learning more about the conference.
https://vimeo.com/127176275
https://vimeo.com/127176275
https://vimeo.com/127205994
https://vimeo.com/127221174
#KeepWriting
- DW
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