OK...
so after 10 years give or take of trying to get into HW w/o being in HW as a screenwriter I'm finally going to shoot a short...
and in the process I've suddenly realized (why I didn't before I don't know) that "filmmaking" is very different from "screenwriting..."
I've written and directed for the stage, so I have experience with lighting techniques, staging, working w/ actors, etc... but in trying to organize for this thing (it will be shot in 3 days on rented "pro" equipment) I've found the most beneficial aspect of my experience to be, of all things... comic books...
In fact the only way I've actually been able to see my script come to life and organize production on a shot-by-shot basis is to storyboard like I did when I was a kid in highschool practicing w/ a drawing book written by Stan Lee...
All of a sudden you realize that one line of action in a screenplay may translate into 3 different shots as far as what you envision on screen... I've altered what was written in my original script on almost every page based on budget/weather/where I'm actually shooting/how things naturally play out v. on the pg./etc...
I hope this is a bit helpful to some of you who may have aspirations of being more than just a writer (as in directing/filmmaking)... and for those who may get upset at the thought of their scripts being toyed w/ after purchase... I, for one, can finally see how, logistically, you can take an objective look @ a script and decide to take out the red pen... however I don't think I'd have realized this had I not taken up the o'l sketchpad...
later...
so after 10 years give or take of trying to get into HW w/o being in HW as a screenwriter I'm finally going to shoot a short...
and in the process I've suddenly realized (why I didn't before I don't know) that "filmmaking" is very different from "screenwriting..."
I've written and directed for the stage, so I have experience with lighting techniques, staging, working w/ actors, etc... but in trying to organize for this thing (it will be shot in 3 days on rented "pro" equipment) I've found the most beneficial aspect of my experience to be, of all things... comic books...
In fact the only way I've actually been able to see my script come to life and organize production on a shot-by-shot basis is to storyboard like I did when I was a kid in highschool practicing w/ a drawing book written by Stan Lee...
All of a sudden you realize that one line of action in a screenplay may translate into 3 different shots as far as what you envision on screen... I've altered what was written in my original script on almost every page based on budget/weather/where I'm actually shooting/how things naturally play out v. on the pg./etc...
I hope this is a bit helpful to some of you who may have aspirations of being more than just a writer (as in directing/filmmaking)... and for those who may get upset at the thought of their scripts being toyed w/ after purchase... I, for one, can finally see how, logistically, you can take an objective look @ a script and decide to take out the red pen... however I don't think I'd have realized this had I not taken up the o'l sketchpad...
later...
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