Tips On Screenwriting

– Yay! The first of the beginners’ series on writing! I hope this is useful to those of you who requested advice on screenwriting. I have a few more short articles coming out about screenwriting in the future, but for now, here’s a general list of tips.

Parentheticals (Directions) ~ Don’t overdo it with the acting directions. Let the actors do their jobs and interpret the characters and the script. If it’s absolutely necessary that you specify how you want something said, then do so, but for the most part, allow the actors and director some creative freedom.

Cliches ~ Research movie cliches and avoid them. Here’s a fabulous article that lists a few of them.

Dialogue ~ Avoid doing pages and pages of dialogue in one scene.

Opening Scene ~ Start your script in a strategic place and with strategic tone. Make an impression.

Archetypes ~ Use them. Mold them. Make them your own. Archetypes, however, should never be confused with stereotypes.

Description ~ Screenwriting is minimalist. Describe what is necessary, leave room for interpretation, and leave much detail to the imagination.

Subtext ~ Utilise subtext by showing instead of telling. It’s a screenplay after all. Show us that the dog was barking instead of having a character yell “the dog is barking!”

Format ~ Know the format. Get to know the style of scriptwriting and use it correctly.

Length ~ 1 page of a script is usually about 1 minute of screentime. Most film scripts are about 120 pages long and therefore 120 minutes of runtime. Most tv show episodes are from 22 minutes to 42 minutes. be wary of page count, as time is an important factor in filmmaking.

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7 years ago

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6 years ago

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7 years ago

Very sad news to read. Rest in peace Carl Kasell.

Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news. But behind that hid a lively sense of humor, revealed to listeners late in his career, when he became the beloved judge and official scorekeeper for Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! NPR’s news quiz show.

Kasell died Tuesday from complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Potomac, Md. He was 84.

He started preparing for the role of newscaster as a child. “I sometimes would hide behind the radio and pretend I was on the air,” he said in 2009, remembering his boyhood in Goldsboro, N.C.

He also used to play with his grandmother’s windup Victrola and her collection of records. “I would sit there sometimes and play those records, and I’d put in commercials between them,” he recalled. “And I would do a newscast just like the guy on the radio did.”

Kasell became a real guy on the radio at age 16, DJ-ing a late-night music show on his local station.