A short film script
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This document provides tips for writing an effective short film script. It recommends keeping the script under 10 minutes and focusing on visual storytelling by showing rather than telling. The script should have a clear story with a conflict that requires resolution, such as a dilemma or choice for the protagonist. Both the beginning and ending of the script are important to engage the audience. It then outlines steps for writing an effective script, including defining characters with a few descriptors, establishing the setting and time, and introducing a conflict to drive the story.
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A short film script
- 1. How to write an effective short film script The Milk project isn’t finished…
- 2. THE SHORTER THE BETTER 10 minutes
- 3. BE REALISTIC
- 4. MAKE IT VISUAL “Film is a visual medium”. “Show, don’t tell.” • The lunch date
- 5. FIND “A STORY” a conflict that has to be resolved, a dilemma a choice that the protagonist has to make. Sebastian’s voodo
- 6. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BEGINNING AND THE END
- 7. Step by step 1. Characters: Define each one with about three descriptors rather than a complex biography. “Anxious teenager who needs a job”. Create a voice
- 8. Step by step 2. Setting: Time and place (not very detailed)
- 9. Step by step 3. Conflict: What just happened before this scene? Where are the characters going? Do they fear something or are they excited about something? Does one character believe something while another thinks the opposite?
- 10. Next task • Characters • Setting and place • Conflict. Examples: – Interview: answer questions – Travel to past / future / present / a different country / to heaven – Attack (verbal or physical) / war / fight / aliens / zombies / etc. For next week