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there are always people commenting on what you can't do in scripts, and why. but i'm going to post a portion of an article about how wordplay is the voice of the writer making artisitc impressions on the reader.
how that every single word used to build a screenplay should do more than one thing. it's our wordchoice and it's vision that makes a script read like a waterall.
'utilizing humor in your screenplay by david landau'
"Begining on page one, the writers use clever wrodplay to deescribel their characters. JOHHAMEE GIBBS,who was born old, and NORRINTON, a dashing youung man, royal navy to the core, demonstrates a flare for using words to convey images and charactwer with fast off the cuff comments."
this is more than a talent. this is what i call the rewriting template. where once you know your story, you go back and meticously pick the words that will build subtext through texture.
so you might have 10 different ways to say your prose for one paragraph. my above example is the that element that is innate, which is unfortunate, but is crafted through effort.
so, 99-100 people have no chance of defining their level to that innate gift, but out of that 1% who may be thousands in number it is up to them to learn the craft so that this exercise becomes second nature. it becomes part of the cadence.
1. "He polishes the toes of his boots on the back of his calves, but it doesn't help.
2 nd he has no choice -- and it pisses him off
3. "elizabeth stand on the stairs. granted, the dress may be painful to wear, but holy smokes!"
vig
how that every single word used to build a screenplay should do more than one thing. it's our wordchoice and it's vision that makes a script read like a waterall.
'utilizing humor in your screenplay by david landau'
"Begining on page one, the writers use clever wrodplay to deescribel their characters. JOHHAMEE GIBBS,who was born old, and NORRINTON, a dashing youung man, royal navy to the core, demonstrates a flare for using words to convey images and charactwer with fast off the cuff comments."
this is more than a talent. this is what i call the rewriting template. where once you know your story, you go back and meticously pick the words that will build subtext through texture.
so you might have 10 different ways to say your prose for one paragraph. my above example is the that element that is innate, which is unfortunate, but is crafted through effort.
so, 99-100 people have no chance of defining their level to that innate gift, but out of that 1% who may be thousands in number it is up to them to learn the craft so that this exercise becomes second nature. it becomes part of the cadence.
1. "He polishes the toes of his boots on the back of his calves, but it doesn't help.
2 nd he has no choice -- and it pisses him off
3. "elizabeth stand on the stairs. granted, the dress may be painful to wear, but holy smokes!"
vig
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