Creating a story that audiences care about, but does it really matter?
Creating a story should focus on mastering the art of screenwriting and not about guessing what the marketplace needs right now.
Creating a story should focus on mastering the art of screenwriting and not about guessing what the marketplace needs right now.
by Henry Wallis | May 10th 2020 Fundamentally, our protagonist must have two defining characteristics. They must be active and flawed. Otherwise, your audience will be sat half asleep and wondering why they paid for the cinema tickets in the first place. Our protagonist must be actively pursuing an external goal which must be cinematic. …
When I worked as a script reader, I read a drama screenplay where the writer tries to put humor , quippy comments in the lines trying to be the “funny guy”.
Having visual content is worth more than a thousand words, because it grabs audiences’ attention, it attracts them to your product – your film project.
Developing begins with a property. Likewise, in films, developing begins with an idea. And it is the zeroth step in the smart planning that goes into it.