Troubleshoot your scene: My Screenwriting Checklist
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Are you having trouble with a scene in your screenplay? Follow this screenwriting checklist to figure out what's wrong with it.
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0:00 INTRO/BACKGROUND
0:45 START SCENES LATER, END SCENES EARLIER
3:01 INJECT MORE CONFLICT
5:10 STOP OVER-EXPLAINING
6:26 ADD SUBTEXT TO DIALOGUE
7:43 CHECK SCENE LENGTH FOR GOOD PACING
8:31 IS THE MOMENTUM OF THE STORY INCREASING?
What would you add to this checklist?
Woah woah woah slow down there buddy
Stop procrastinating and actually write something :,)
Your videos are life savers! I’m a beginner filmmaker, and I’m currently working on the script of my low-budget film. I’m also in the process of transferring schools to further my education. I feel as though experience is more rewarding. You just gave me a whole new perspective on screenwriting. I’m definitely going to have to make some changes. Thank you so much!
One suggestion I've heard is that a scene should end with a change in the mood.
Great, useful tips. I am working on my script for my school short film, so I found this helpful. Thanks.
I appreciate that you share your knowledge! Thank you 🙏
nice checklist. I think I have most trouble with two last ones as it is based mostly on a feeling it's hard to get it right or even know how to get it right
So much knowledge in only ten minutes. Thanks! Really appreciate this kind of videos. Cheers!
you just perfectly described most movies today, 99.9999% of movies. congrats.
You must be watching bad movies then.
Very smooth content here! Helpful information - useful.
Excellent tips! Thank you so much!
loved. will be using these.
Awesome tips and tricks. Thanks from New Zealand.🤙🏾
Love the tips!
I really like the gentleman that plays the coach in will the machine as well as the customer in the laugh store (can't recall the names sorry). He emotes really well and his laugh comes off as very genuine.
Thanks!🎉
This was great
Thank you compadrè
On point🙏
thanks!
Thanks!
Cheers! 🙏
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I agree with overexplaining thing. Saying that after watching Will the Machine I actually didn't get that coach scene. But maybe it's just me...
That audio in Will the Machine is superb - and sounds like on-set recording. What sort of audio gear are you using?
Thanks! We used whatever the sound mixer I hired brought in his kit (aka no idea). Or are you talking about post sound design?
@@StandardStoryCo Specifically the type of mic(s) they were using. The recorder end I have down pat. Getting great sound though.... yeuch. I think I'll have to try that trick Nolan did with his early films and even on Batman. I think it was you who pointed this out.
This "I can't swim!" example reminds me "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid".
I understand about conflict but I hate it. It’s one of the reasons why I dont like many movies. It’s just people arguing and fighting a lot of the time.
So I wish they’d make two versions of movies. One with less conflict for people like me. 😀
I actually don’t mind watching the first twenty minutes of most movies but after that they usually getting sillier and sillier.
Very interesting to see how they should be made though.
I feel exactly the same. I mean sometimes conflict is fun, but a lot of the time some movies just put me on edge and stress me out for two hours. Often on rewatches I only watch the first third or half of a movie before everything hits the fan
@@MinaF99 ha I wasn’t expecting anyone to agree. It’s funny because I can happily watch the first twenty minutes of almost any movie .
Of course one type of movie where the conflict isn’t too bad is romantic comedies. But I don’t want to watching those a lot.
If the conflict is more realistic ie a person trying to do something against their nature or having to do something they don’t want to do I’m happy enough.
Despite the example, most of the time conflict doesn't mean a literal fight between characters. It can be simple dialogue with just a tiny bit of risk that keeps you hooked.
A perfect example is Pulp Fiction's "Jack's Rabbit Slims" scene. It's just tiny discussions about the 5 dolar milkshake, or the joke Mia won't tell Vincent, that keeps you interested because there's conflict: Mia is afraid of telling the joke, Vincent does not understand why she would buy a 5 dolar milkshake.
Start in the middle.
Birds of prey -Harley Quinn the confilcter