Classic Problems in a script
Classic problems in the first 10 pages (we don’t want these in Starting to early (character’s are introduced before the story) No opener Boring openers Not hitting the ground running Prologue or teaser (e.g. Jassric Park ) Non-linearity (people don’t understrand structure – people screwing this up. – momento made it culturally – massive 2001. Now suddently people are bored. If you are going to use it wehave to use it in a away it has not seen before and you have to know it. Weird or clichéd use of screenwriting devices Voiceover No opening image Scene description is overwritten (it is full of fillers and false movement – set dressing – describing everything in a room reveals character and less is more. – vertical screenwriting – don’t do set dressing (my best friends wedding Dialogue leads scenes – it should be visuals that lead scenes Scene description fillers Characters are not differentiated enough (if ...