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Sep 4, 2024 · Step 3: Develop Your Characters. Compelling characters are the heart of any good script. A well-developed character should be like an iceberg, with lots of depth hiding beneath the surface. Make sure your characters have well-defined goals, needs, and arcs. Also, because film is such a dialogue-focused medium, it’s important to understand not ...
- "I loved the idea of being in another world, and anything that could transport me to another world is what I became interested in."
- "Gradually, I saw that the medium of film could accommodate both my interests in science and art."
- "I’ve always known that people seek out the information and knowledge they need. They seek it and find it. It’s like a divining rod to water; nobody will give you the pathway.
- "From a writing standpoint, the things that interested me the most were the characters."
- “Audiences are harder to please if you’re just giving them effects, but they’re easy to please if it’s a good story.” — Steven Spielberg.
- “To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script, and the script.” — Alfred Hitchcock.
- “Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film.
- “Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.”
May 2, 2024 · Compelling main character. Escalating conflict. Three-act story structure. Snappy dialogue. Lean script. Realistic production values. Unbeatable logline. A sprinkle of magic dust. If you’re a first-time screenwriter and want to get your script noticed by the Hollywood elite, you’re up against stiff competition.
Jan 23, 2013 · Here are 50 great quotes about screenwriting and writing to encourage, inspire and terrify you: Dialogue is a necessary evil. - Fred Zinnemann. The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. - Philip Roth. There is only one plot—things are not what they seem. The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes ...
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Oct 19, 2017 · Once you write a good script, the rest will work itself out." "Good dialogue illuminates what people are not saying." "Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story." "A screenwriter's currency is a finished script.
