• Scriptwriting, is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is frequently

• Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, writing the screenplay, and delivering it, in the required format, to development executives. Screenwriters therefore have great influence over the creative direction and emotional impact of the screenplay and, arguably, of the finished film. They either pitch original ideas to producers in the hope that they will be optioned or sold, or screenwriters are commissioned by a producer to create a screenplay from a concept, true story, existing screen work or literary work, such as a novel, poem, play, comic book or short story.

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What is Script Writing?

Example of a simple script

• They usually consist of 90-120 page document written in Courier 12pt font.

• The very first item on the first page should be the words FADE IN: (The first page is never numbered)

• Transitions are film editing instructions, and generally only appear in a shooting script. Transition verbiage includes:

CUT TO: DISSOLVE TO: SMASH CUT: QUICK CUT: FADE TO:

• A shot tells the reader the focal point within a scene has changed. Like a transition, there's rarely a time when a spec screenwriter should insert shot directions. Once again, that's the director's job.

Examples of Shots:

ANGLE ON -- EXTREME CLOSE UP -- PAN TO -- LIAM'S POV --

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