Wondering what people think about using the descriptive element "angle on" in the action text? I've seen a few pro scripts recently that have utilized it sparingly, and I kind of like how it helps breaks up blocks of text and focuses the attention. Mostly I equate it with a close up shot. You?
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The Ends of the Earth
"Angle on BEN WILCOX, 26, handsome. And at the moment, more or less drunk."
"Angle on Wilcox watching. The couple is graceful and radiant."
Or similar moments like this:
"ON Lydie. Her face is reflected in the window, over the dark plains passing by."
"ON Ernest, standing at the door."
What I like is how it helps orient us to where we are specifically looking. A lot of the notes I've seen in the Script Pages section relate to the reader not being clear what they are seeing. This would seem to be a simple way to help clear that up.
Or is it a major no-no?
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It's a popular technique in professionally written scripts.
You'll often hear a bizarre idea that amateurs shouldn't make their scripts look like professionally written scripts or use similar techniques to those found in professionally written scripts.
Here's some alternative advice:
http://messageboard.donedealpro.com/...&postcount=234
Read fifty scripts from pro writers, see how they use all the things that people are telling you not to do.
Take what you want. Leave the rest.
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For those saying it's perfectly fine and you use it all the time...
Can you specify whether you are:
1. writing on assignment
2. or writing spec
And if spec, can you also specify whether you sold one of these specs littered with camera directions?
thanks
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Originally posted by Ven View PostIt's a major no-no."Friends make the worst enemies." Frank Underwood
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Originally posted by Ven View PostFor those saying it's perfectly fine and you use it all the time...
Can you specify whether you are:
1. writing on assignment
2. or writing spec
And if spec, can you also specify whether you sold one of these specs littered with camera directions?
thanks
Many.
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Originally posted by SundownInRetreat View PostWhy were you gonna change? Only one person said not to do use 'Angle On' and everyone else said he was talking nonsense."I need someone who laughs at all my jokes. You know; honest feedback."
- C. Montgomery Burns
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ANGLE ON:
is a great one. I don't know why but a well dropped "ANGLE ON:" is tasty.
I just used...
"A WIDER ANGLE REVEALS:"
Use that sh!t. Do not listen to people giving "better" examples. The right words are what matters, not the alternate words. And sometimes ANGLE ON: are the right words. (awk sentence. Why? Because ANGLE ON is so awesome you wanna refer to it as one word)
Sometimes you want the effect of the CAMERA being present.
Use it.
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Originally posted by gridlock'd View PostJeffLowell is the only one I know for sure is speaking from experience. I probably wouldn't have changed my stuff without more research but I was thinking about it...
this is a really unhealthy way to think and it's one of the main things the pros try to address on this board.
CALCULATE LESS
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