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This is mostly a question for Arbiter, Sam, LittleThomaskid and the Bps crew that worked on the Halo machinimas:
A year ago I finished writing a 56 paged script for our next movie as I was working on aneother Film.
Now, I’m in the editing stage on that movie, read through the script for are next project and noticed it needs a rewrite.
But I’ve never rewritten a whole script before only different scenes so I’m not quite sure where to begin, or how to begin. (I tried but it feels like it should be going better.)So I was wondering: Do you guys have any tips on how to do a successful script rewrite?
Wait now you said “Mostly story” which is a third thing xD
There are three main types of writing I can think of:
Story
Script
ScreenplayWriting story is probably the most abstract. You don’t even really need to “write” words down. Writing a story is like figuring out your world, characters, setting, what happens to who, which characters like and dislike other characters, etc.
Writing the script is literally just writing the dialog. Who says what.
Writing a screenplay is similar to a script but I believe has more emphasis on stage directions such as “Character A approaches character B and draws his sword, prepared to fight.”
I have a question
How long would a script usually last long is there a certain stopping point to some scripts
RobertWell a screenplay and script are pretty much the same thing. Screenplay is really just a fancy term for script. A more professional sounding term I should say.
RobertIf you’d like advice from anyone else also, I’d love to chime in. I’ve taken screenwriting classes and am just passionate about writing.
As for writing a full script, my advice would be to outline the whole script. By outline I mean take it step by step. Think about everything you want to happen in the movie before beginning to write. The big thing about writing is knowing where your story is headed. If you are just making things up as you go, it could be a mess. Seems unorganized and could lead to a lot of plot holes and inconsistencies.
So take each scene and just write out the details of them on flash cards or something. You’ll have your whole movie laid out in front of you. You keep outlining until you feel you have a cool and cohesive story.
Just remember, writing is rewriting.Thanks for the tip Robert🙂.
I had already written the screenplay a year ago.
As in: the dialogue of who says what, the characters movements and all the details of what the characters do in the action scenes.
But now I need to rewrite the entire thing again, using the basic plot, story and characters from the first draft, while adding in new scenes and taking out old ones, to make the Screenplay even better.
Ina answer to UnRealOreo’s question:
When you start a script, (At least when I do.) you usually have a page number in mind.
Given that the general rule is a page a minute :A half hour Tv show would be 22 pages,
A hour Tv show would be 42 pages,
A hour movie would be around 60 pages,
A two hour movie around 120 pages,
And so on.As far as stopping point : It all depends on where you want that story to end in the time frame you have, and whether your leaving your audience on a cliffhanger.
I started writing scripts and screenplays with 20 pages, now over time I’ve gotten up to seventy page scripts.
I’ve found, the more I write, the longer my scripts and Screenplays get.Hope that answered you’re question.😎
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