There are thousands of movie scripts that pile up every year with writers that desperately want their work to be produced. The film writer, however, rarely sees success. There are only so many movies that can be made in the year, and the amount of scripts that get submitted is endless.
Come up with a good idea and a genre that fits the story. You can use certain techniques like brainstorming, headline fishing, and sound boarding. Also be sure that your idea has a powerful start to finish.
Be familiar with the unspoken rules of any genre. For example in a horror story, your hero will always have flaws and the evil character will be completely demonical. The story will have lots of tension and many shocking false alarms. You also want to include scenes where the hero is unsure of his or her survival, and possibly an ending that leaves the viewer uncertain of the fate of the antagonist.
You should outline your story to separate into three parts. In the first act, you'll need an opening scene with a strong hook, introduce all the characters, and introduce the main problem occurring in the story. In the second act, you'll write the hero being deeply consumed by said problem with no escape. Finally in the third act, the hero will work past his flaws and defeat the antagonist or problem.
In order to properly write your characters, locations, and any events used in the story, do your research. Your script should be in Courier 12pt and single-spaced. You also need to include a header starting at the second page; and make sure there is a title, page number, and is right-justified.
The cover page or first page of the script shouldn't be numbered. All this page requires is a title, author's name, and a note about the copyright. This information must be centered on the page. You should also include your contact information after you space down and left-justify the cursor.
Open your story by writing "FADE IN" in your script, and end it by writing "FADE OUT". If you want to include dialogue, you should tab right around 4 or 5 times to spell out the name of the character. Following this, space down and tab in around 3 times and write the dialogue out. The size of the dialogue should be about 2 tabs of width.
If your dialogue extends into a second page, you have to indicate it by writing "CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE" on the bottom. On the new page, you will write "CONTINUED" at the top. Keep all character names capitalized, and the voice of the script in present tense as well. For example, don't write "Peter walked down the stairs and closed the front door." You should write "Peter walks down the stairs and closes the front door" instead.
You should always label your scenes appropriately, particularly when each scene is introduced. If you have a night scene in the living room, you'll write "INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT". Alternatively, if you have a day scene in the main street, you'll write "EXT. MAIN STREET - DAY".
Come up with a good idea and a genre that fits the story. You can use certain techniques like brainstorming, headline fishing, and sound boarding. Also be sure that your idea has a powerful start to finish.
Be familiar with the unspoken rules of any genre. For example in a horror story, your hero will always have flaws and the evil character will be completely demonical. The story will have lots of tension and many shocking false alarms. You also want to include scenes where the hero is unsure of his or her survival, and possibly an ending that leaves the viewer uncertain of the fate of the antagonist.
You should outline your story to separate into three parts. In the first act, you'll need an opening scene with a strong hook, introduce all the characters, and introduce the main problem occurring in the story. In the second act, you'll write the hero being deeply consumed by said problem with no escape. Finally in the third act, the hero will work past his flaws and defeat the antagonist or problem.
In order to properly write your characters, locations, and any events used in the story, do your research. Your script should be in Courier 12pt and single-spaced. You also need to include a header starting at the second page; and make sure there is a title, page number, and is right-justified.
The cover page or first page of the script shouldn't be numbered. All this page requires is a title, author's name, and a note about the copyright. This information must be centered on the page. You should also include your contact information after you space down and left-justify the cursor.
Open your story by writing "FADE IN" in your script, and end it by writing "FADE OUT". If you want to include dialogue, you should tab right around 4 or 5 times to spell out the name of the character. Following this, space down and tab in around 3 times and write the dialogue out. The size of the dialogue should be about 2 tabs of width.
If your dialogue extends into a second page, you have to indicate it by writing "CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE" on the bottom. On the new page, you will write "CONTINUED" at the top. Keep all character names capitalized, and the voice of the script in present tense as well. For example, don't write "Peter walked down the stairs and closed the front door." You should write "Peter walks down the stairs and closes the front door" instead.
You should always label your scenes appropriately, particularly when each scene is introduced. If you have a night scene in the living room, you'll write "INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT". Alternatively, if you have a day scene in the main street, you'll write "EXT. MAIN STREET - DAY".
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