Cut Out The Boring Parts
Why do we never see Batman take a leak between fighting crime?
Because great scripts are real life with all the boring parts cut out.
With both your movie and your scenes, always enter late and leave early.
If a scene, a character’s action, or even a line of dialogue doesn’t move the story forward or add depth to a character, it can be cut.
Because great scripts are real life with all the boring parts cut out.
With both your movie and your scenes, always enter late and leave early.
If a scene, a character’s action, or even a line of dialogue doesn’t move the story forward or add depth to a character, it can be cut.
"When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out."
-Stanley Tucci
Sources: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/screenplay.html#Qt2XAKBwUuITJCDb.99 and http://www.screenplay.com/default.aspx.
A former Hollywood Lit Manager, Michael Ferris started ScriptAWish.com as a way to help other writers get their foot in the door and has helped several writers sell their scripts (like Travis Beacham of PACIFIC RIM) and set up projects with producers like Academy Award Winner Arnold Kopelson. The mission of ScriptAWish.com is to help aspiring writers get their scripts into shape and then get their foot in the door. His new venture is a collaboration with several professional screenwriters called StudioGhostwriters.com and is intended to help producers get their movie ideas on paper or their drafts polished for production.
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