How to write a short film script

How to write a short film script 

 Dash is a great way to cut your teeth in the world of writing and making a good habit to write future features. The principles of writing a short scenario is very similar to writing a scenario. If anything written a short can be much more difficult than writing a feature you have less time to make a clear and concise idea to your readers or audience in a way that is entertaining.

But with the advent of social media to get your film out there has become much easier and short film work as well as possible, "business card". The following article is a guide to writing a short script based on the story.

Idea: The first thing we need is an idea or a local who can become a story. Your idea may be a specific scene, a fragment of dialogue or a specific location, for example. Whatever your idea if that's what motivated you to write this script and this idea will have to be developed (by the conflict and drama) in a fully realized story to entertain and entice the reader and potential public.

Structure: In order to develop the idea into a story that will be structured. The structure is the foundation of all history and is in the form of a beginning, middle and end in general. If there is a problem with your structure will be a problem with his story that the two go hand in hand and are not mutually exclusive, so it is important that you get the right structure. The following is an example of an idea developed and divided. 

From: Couples separate invent a series of dark games to spice up her nonexistent love life just frustrated by failure and apathy.

Secondary: Frustrated, will soon become a reality "games" that the couple verbally provoke each other with hurtful truths home to become a physical fight.

The end: The fight ignited a spark of passion and the couple finally ends on the floor in a passionate embrace. Using this basic structure to develop the story can now proceed to the next step.

Plot points: Each story is about the conflict and how the conflict is resolved. Due to conflict to create characters which in turn creates history. You conflict occurs through obstacles and how their characters to overcome these obstacles for them what they are and what makes history. Through the obstacles and conflicts that now extends component each step by step with the help of plot points:

From: A woman relaxes in front of a movie just to be hampered by an obstacle in the form of an intruder requires removing clothes. Exercise control over women ordered the intruder to leave and threatened to call the police should not be hampered by an obstacle in the form of man dominates. Excited by his demonstration of the power to the woman succumbs to his passion should not be obstructed by an obstacle in the form of a phone call revealing the game you play. The woman begins another game comes to be hampered by an obstacle in the form of lack of enthusiasm for humanity. The woman tries again should be hindered by an obstacle in the form of refusal by man.

Secondary: Aid call, ask the woman suggest just do to be thwarted by an obstacle in the human form is humiliating and shows that preparing dinner. Revenge, she tries to humiliate the man questioning his sexuality should not be hampered by an obstacle in the form of blaming their lack of sex appeal. Proof of his love, she explains that she leaves hampered by an obstacle in the form of their apathy.

The end: Enjoy their attention by force to attack physically just to be hampered by an obstacle that he physically overwhelming. Excited by his sudden show action / attention she gives him a kiss that turned to her by her affection / love kisses back display. Tired other rituals one-of-many are looking guys they have to go through in order to express their emotions jokingly saying she hates to respond in kind. The conflicts we can draw a rough story from beginning to end, and at the same time will give us a better idea of ​​who these characters are. We are now ready to go into more detail when we go to the next step.

Schedule: Screenplay is by definition a very limited form of writing that you create an essentially technical document for a film crew and actors working. However, the phase boundary script where you can get to let it all hang out and let your "artist" inner move freely. There are no rules here. Using his pace and narrative structure as the base system to realize their story in more detail, you can release your subconscious to do and say what you want in the form of a short story, but with little or no dialogue (as you want to save the best for last). Here is his story grows and becomes more detailed. The descriptions of the characters, the house where they live, what they wear, who they are, where they are, their moods, inner feelings - anything goes. Pour the mixture. No inhibitions. Let your free flowing stream of consciousness while in your model parameters until you have nothing more to say, and all that is in your head is on paper or computer screen. When your artistic spirit is complete and satisfied, you can go to the next step.

Format: From this quagmire of free writing can finally edit your work into something that looks like a hyphen separating his prose in blocks of individual scenes. Each scene title that indicates whether the action takes place in or outside (INT or EXT), location (CHAMBER EC) and time of day (day or night). Several fitness software is available as a final project or Celtx automatically format the script on the fly, saving time in the process. The descriptive text and action should be concise, to the point and written with an idea of ​​what the camera will look like and how you want the movie to the reader / audience will be played.

INT. ROOM - NIGHT: A beautiful woman relaxing on a sofa completely mesmerized by an erotic film. Behind her, the door slowly opens and a man enters the room quietly. Inadvertently, she continues to see the film as the man quietly shut the door. Completely absorbed in the film, she remains oblivious to the man standing behind her menacingly.

Clicks closed handles. The woman starts suddenly attention when it floating to face the intruder. Once you have written the beginning of the script format in the end, step by step, with a focus on internal motivation for each character ready for the final and probably the most fun.

Dialogue: There is a reason why I keep a written dialogue at the end of the process for the script and avoided "instead of the nose" dialogue. "On-the-nose" dialogue spoken by the characters dialogue that aims to promote story or express their feelings when action by the conflict to follow their stories and express how their characters are feeling. It is also much easier to achieve dialogue persuasion internal motivation to know your character is when they do not. When disturbed he tells someone who is upset or you weep silently yourself when nobody is looking? When you are angry, you verbalize their anger condition or you trigger a storm out of the room in a blasphemy access? When he was in love tells her lover how much you like or you can show your love through action in the room? Dialogue is the ammunition your character. Improves the things they do. Meet characters from the inside first by the action and conflict and you will see that you will not even have to come with intelligent sentences to put in your mouth, as they will start to speak for themselves.

Writing: The stage of the process of writing and rewriting edition is probably the most important step. After spending a lot of time on it, you may find it difficult to see the script with objective eyes. When you have completed a draft of his script just leave and forget for a few days or weeks. This is to ensure that when you return to the same can be seen with impartial eyes. You want your writing to be as tight as possible, moving through the action from beginning to end as economically and efficiently as possible. Cut out unnecessary words in the directions or dialogue that does not need to be there. Less is more. If your characters can say something in a word instead of a piece of trimming. Be ruthless in its edition until you feel that there is nothing left to cut unnecessary.Ultimately Scripting an art that takes years of practice and dozens master for scripts. I offer this article as a reference guide for the script, but only as an example of my own personal method. So lets have a look and don't forget to know about this post.