I've curated a tour through six decades of action scripts to help in your screenwriting education whether you're new to the craft, an emerging voice, or firmly established in the biz
Noice collection! Interesting to see that on one hand there are all these given rules about how a script should be written and formatted ("don't write what the character feels, just describe what's on camera", "don't use curse words others than in dialogues", "don't use double lines when using parentethicals" etc...). Yet on the other, the best scripts — such as in this collection — don't care about rules! It is interesting to read a few of the pages back to back of several of these script and compares within the same genre, how the action is displayed differently.
There are no real rules when it comes to screenwriting despite what the guides tell you. Understanding the general format is certainly useful, but there's a lot of room for innovation within that format. No two scripts of mine even look the same; I twist the form with each new project!
I guarantee you that I will! My list of must-read books is even longer now. Why is there only 24 hours in a day? It would be so much better if it had at least 36 hours. 😄
Noice collection! Interesting to see that on one hand there are all these given rules about how a script should be written and formatted ("don't write what the character feels, just describe what's on camera", "don't use curse words others than in dialogues", "don't use double lines when using parentethicals" etc...). Yet on the other, the best scripts — such as in this collection — don't care about rules! It is interesting to read a few of the pages back to back of several of these script and compares within the same genre, how the action is displayed differently.
There are no real rules when it comes to screenwriting despite what the guides tell you. Understanding the general format is certainly useful, but there's a lot of room for innovation within that format. No two scripts of mine even look the same; I twist the form with each new project!
What a fantastic collection! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Enjoy!
I guarantee you that I will! My list of must-read books is even longer now. Why is there only 24 hours in a day? It would be so much better if it had at least 36 hours. 😄