Friday, April 30, 2010

Lights out...

INT. SOUTH KOREAN HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

MIKEY enters his room to get some sleep for the night.

He flips the light switch hoping to illuminate the room, to no avail.

He tries again, and again he is refused.

A third and final attempt is equally ineffective.

INT. SOUTH KOREAN HOTEL ROOM BATHROOM - NIGHT

Mikey's bewildered roommate JOHN is forced to endure the remainder of his shower in darkness.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

First Drafts

Just a quick tip for all my fellow ScriptFrenzyers...

The first draft is supposed to be sprawling. It should be way too long. It should have irrelevant scenes. It should have shaky dialogue. Do not keep reworking a scene over and over until it's perfect before moving on. You need to ride the wave of momentum.

Trying to get it all right on the first draft is like editing a feature film in-camera. You need to shoot it first, then go back through the footage and find your script in it.