Writing a Movie Quincy MA

Writing a good movie requires creativity, skill, research and intelligence, yet it can be fun and financially worthwhile, especially if writing is a natural gift. However, gift or no gift, you can do this in a few steps.

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Writing a good movie requires creativity, skill, research and intelligence, yet it can be fun and financially worthwhile, especially if writing is a natural gift. However, gift or no gift, you can do this in a few steps, which I will discuss below:

  1. Avoid unnecessary details. Writing a movie is different from writing a novel or short story. In writing a movie, you are painting a picture in the minds of the producers, only you are doing so with words. This, however, does not mean you must describe every single detail. An example will be shared in our next point, but it is important that you note the difference between a novel and a movie. A movie tells its story through picture; you cannot begin to write traits about your characters that cannot be shown. For instance, instead of writing, “Ben looked at her and thought, She drinks a little too much to bear my kid,” you can paint a picture of the lady drinking and Ben watching distastefully. That says more as a picture.
  2. Start with the settings. By this, I mean the environment, the place, the time of the day etc. Usually this is written as a simple heading. For this, let’s go back to the example of Ben and the lady (we’ll call her Tracy), and let’s say they are in a cozy restaurant in the evening. This is how we put it:

    INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT

    This gives the idea that they are inside a restaurant, at night. No story included!

  3. Keep character movements short. After writing the settings, proceed to tell the story but as briefly and skillfully as possible. For example, if Ben walks into the restaurant to find Tracy drinking at the table, it could be told like this:

    INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT

    Ben enters the hall and surveys the crowd, left to right, and back…he stops. He has found his date. Soft music fills the air, a few couples dance. Ben slips gently through the crowd towards her…

    ...

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Author: Emeka Otoba

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