The 5 Immutable Laws of Screenwriting
Picture it…
Hollywood 2005. A young, struggling writer has just completed a 120-page screenplay. The writer submits it to an agent. The agent loves it, thinks it’s the greatest piece of movie fiction since “Gone With the Wind.” Excited, the agent sends it to a producer. The producer reads it and is equally riveted. The agent negotiates a deal between the writer and the producer. Result, the writer gets paid a handsome amount, the agent gets commission, the producer gets a blockbuster movie and everyone lives happily every after! So how can this Cinderella story happen to you?
Follow the 5 immutable laws of screenwriting:
Brainstorm
Brainstorming is the art of generating ideas. Both professional and amateur screenwriters use brainstorming techniques to produce fresh, new ideas. These ideas can be for a complete script or for a particular scene or sequence. A brainstorming session can be a solo event or group activity if you have a writing partner or team. It can be conducted simply with pen and paper or more elaborately with brainstorming software. The latter can literally spawn thousands of ideas in a matter of minutes.
Here’s an example of a simple brainstorming session you might conduct on paper or with a computer software program:
You want to write a science fiction movie. Write or type the words “science fiction”. Let’s say “science fiction” triggers the words: robot, monster, outer space, heavenly bodies. You decide to write a screenplay about a “monster” from outer space. Now you need to decide on the type of monster. Repeating the previous step, you generate several possibilities including: gremlin, giant squid and giant insect. You pick “giant squid”. So far your story is about a giant squid from outer space. Next you brainstorm where the giant squid lands on Earth. Trigger words could be: a river, ocean, lake or an above-ground swimming pool. You like the idea of an “above-ground swimming pool”. Your science fiction screenplay is about a giant squid from outer space that lands in an above-ground swimming pool. Get the idea? Feel free to finish the story, I’d love to see it on the silver screen!
Outline
An outline presents a picture of the main plot points of your screenplay. It’s a way to organize the ideas you developed in your brainstorming session. You get to describe the major events and character interactions of the story. A screenplay may be written without an outline, but the story may not be cohesive. Outlining helps you visualize how the main story and subplot will play out on the big screen. It will also help you see the holes, strengths and weaknesses. Again, screenplay outlining can be a simple pen and paper process or created in a computer program.
Sample outline of our giant squid story:
EXT. BACKYARD SWIMMING POOL NIGHT
A large, slimy tentacle surfaces from below the water and hangs on the side of pool. Moments later another tentacle surfaces and latches onto the pool, then another, and another until the weight of the tentacles crushes the side. Water gushes onto the lawn.
INT. KITCHEN NIGHT
A young woman stands at the sink washing dishes. There is an open window in front of her. The sound of the pool wall collapsing and rushing water catches her attention. She leans over the sink to get a better view of the backyard. She runs to the back door.
EXT. BACKYARD NIGHT
The woman steps onto the patio into calf-deep pool water. She walks slowly through the water toward the crushed pool wall. Suddenly, a large tentacle wraps itself around her ankle. The woman looks down and screams for help.
Story Development
Story development is essentially structure. It’s how your screenplay builds from beginning to middle to end. Let’s look at each. The beginning provides the audience with basic information or exposition. It reveals the who, what, when, where, why and how. Using the giant squid story as an example, the beginning must show audiences where this creature came from, why it landed in a backyard pool, how it landed on earth in the first place and so on. The middle of the screenplay is the confrontation stage. This is where our giant squid encounters problems and obstacles. Finally, we move to the ending. How is the story resolved? What happens to the giant squid? Does it get destroyed? Return to outer space? Find its soul mate in the Pacific Ocean?
Character Development
Every screenwriter dreams of creating memorable characters but not every screenwriter is willing to do the work to develop such characters. As creator, you must challenge yourself to look beyond name, age and occupation. You must go deeper and ask, “What are my characters’ wants?”, “What are their needs?”, “What are their motivations?” The answers will produce unforgettable, three-dimensional characters. And yes, even our giant squid can be more engaging if we understand its wants, needs and motivations. Remember E.T.?
Format
A completed screenplay must adhere to industry standards. If it does not, your script will be flagged as “amateurish” and may not get read. Screenplay format is relatively simple and can be accomplished in one of three ways. First, you can purchase a book on formatting and then set your word processing software according to it directives. Next, you can buy a formatting add-on program for your existing word processing software. Lastly, you can buy a stand-alone formatting program like the popular Movie Magic Screenwriter or Final Draft. Whichever method you choose, be sure the final product meets the standard. You don’t want to give anyone an excuse to overlook your script.
Generally, a feature length screenplay is between 100 and 120 pages, uses single spacing for scene descriptions, between the character’s name and dialogue and within the dialogue itself. Double spacing is used between the scene location and description, between the description and character’s name, and between speeches of different characters. For exact tab and margin settings, consult any of the resources above.
The five immutable laws of screenwriting will help you write a screenplay. If you skip any one of the steps, you risk writing a script that may not get produced. Take your time. Explore each step to its fullest extent. If it takes you a day, week, or month to brainstorm an idea, so be it. Stock up on the tools you need to get the job done a screenwriting software program or book or ream of paper and a box pens. Be patient. Write everyday.
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Domain Name Secrets Revealed
If internet is about interactivity between websites, domain name is the door for that interactivity. It is your online identity, very much like the name of your best friend, what is his very own personal identity.
From a user’s point of view, a domain name is what he types in the address bar of his web browser to get a certain web site. For example, domain name of our website is www.kigoobe.com and one can get access to this site using the domain name www.kigoobe.com.
However, the scene behind the screen is not exactly the same. Though we see that computers use domain names to communicate over the internet, the basic things that they use to communicate is something called Internet Protocol Address (also called IP address). It is something numerical and a simple IP address can be like 10100011.00011011.00010101.10010011
This kind of combination of zeros and ones is called binary number system. To make things easier for people IP addresses are translated from binary to decimal numbers and the result becomes something like: 189.01.23.255 This looks simpler, but when thousands and millions of websites are in question, this kind of number system, though better than the first one, was still posing problem and then at last in 1983, the University of Wisconsin came forward with a solution to it, and that was to replace these numeric values with suitable text formats.
So here starts the story of www.kigoobe.com or www.yahoo.com or www.microsoft.com. Of course you will agree, that this is much easier to remember than all these 1 2 3 4 etc.
Another term important in this context and what you may come across quite often is URL. An URL (Uniform Resource Locator) can be said as the exact address that holds your domain name. For example, URL of the domain name www.kigoobe.com will be http://www.kigoobe.com. To see that in action, open another window and type in www.kigoobe.com in its address bar. If you press the enter key after that, you will see that kigoobe.com has been changed to http://www.kigoobe.com as the page loads. That’s the URL. The browser changes it itself.
If we break this in different parts, we will find http, www, kigoobe, and com.
http: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Protocol stands for a set of rules for these kinds of communications. Transfer we all know. Hyper text stands for texts that contain links to other texts, and which is not constrained to be linear only. It can thus hold text, graphics, images, sound, video, and other multimedia files, etc.
Now if we take all together, http or hyper text transfer protocol stands as a set of rules that come into being during transfer of those kinds of hyper text files over the internet.
www: World Wide Web. It refers to all the publicly accessible websites of the world. Besides it also includes ftp (file transfer protocol) files, usenet newsgroups, etc.
kigoobe: It can be anything, something that you choose yourself. We have chosen Kigoobe, somebody else chose one day yahoo, you can choose yourname, or yourbusiness, whatever.
com: The most commonly used first level domain name. Other first level domain names include .org, .net, .edu, .gov, .us, .fr, etc.
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In a nutshell, an optometrist is a health care expert who provides spectacle lenses dependent on a prescription as judged by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Corrective lenses may come in the form of either contact lenses or eyeglasses. The job of the ophthalmic optician is to exchange the prescription into a custom-designed opthalmic lens.
This explanation may be elementary however the real transition takes an enormous amount of consultation, skill and workmanship. An optician will consult with patients to produce eyewear that best meet their demands by collecting information about the patient on the use of the spectacles, their level of activity, the necessity of protection and the contour of facial features and the eye.
Optometrists use a diverse range of tools ranging from simple measuring appliances to more intricate examination devices. This allows the optometrist to produce a custom design, fitting and dispensing of the eyewear to meet the specific needs of individual patients.
Using the prescription from an optometrist or ophthalmologist, the optometrist, they use a number of strategies and equipment that will give the necessary correction to an individual’s eyesight. Opticians also design and fit special lenses to correct cosmetic, traumatic or anatomical defects. Successful corrective eyewear hinges greatly on the skill and the craft of Optometrists to ensure comfort, taste preferences, functionality and design.
Optometrists may practice in a range of areas such as independent or joint practice, hospitals, eye care centers or retail stores. However, registered Ophthalmic opticians have to meet standards of practice and training, commit to ongoing education, hold professional liability insurance and are held to these standards by their respective regulating bodies.
The most advantageous arena is to locate Optometrists who provide services within an eye care center and work in conjuction with other eye care professionals such as optometrists, ophthalmologists and technicians. These services are provided within the setting of larger eye care centers and also known as “on-site optical” units.
The advantages of an “on-site optical” department is that the optometrist has easy accessibility to other eye care professionals and co-workers, allowing the optometrist to troubleshoot any problems or obstacles that may arise from patients.
7 Key Features Any Good Article Submission Directory Should Have
There are many places on the Internet where you can Submit Articles for Redistribution. Submitting Articles is very Time
Consuming so why not find the Best Places to Spend your Time. Here are 7 Key Features any Good Article Submission Directory should have
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The Higher the Google Page Rank the Better. High Page Rank Article Submission Directory Sites get more traffic. So often when your articles are published on these High Page Rank Article Submission Directory Sites you will notice an immediate impact on your Search Engine Position Here is a Free Tool that will allow you to find the Google page Rank of those Article Submission Directory Sites http://ewguru.com/googlepr
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Dynamic Content is the Latest Rage (Okay maybe not the latest). Many Article users will grab the RSS Feed from Article Submission Directory Sites. Look for Article Submission Sites that offer RRS Feeds By Topic and Sub Topic. If you find a High Page Rank Article Submission Directory Site that offers Feeds by Author Post their Often.
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Some Article Directories will tell you how many articles they have. Others will make you guess. Take some time Browse the Article Submission directory see if you can determine how many Authors and Articles they Have. Some of the Top Article Submission Sites have 25,000 or more Articles with 5,000 or more Authors
4 - Easy Search Capability
What’s the point of posting an Article if no one can find it. Look for Search by Author, Search by Keyword and Search by Article text. Submit an Article go back to the site a few days later. If you can’t easily find your article then forget about it.
5 - Easy Submit
The Easier it is to submit your article the quicker you can move on. There are a few places that allow you to post a link to your Article. If you find a High Page Rank Site that allows you to post a link to your article you found Gold.
If you go to submit and it crashes your browser or comes up with a 404 Page not found Error Say Next.
6 - Author Index
Having an Author Index where they Display your Profile and Article Organized by sub topic is a great Touch. This often Means Extra Back Links for you and your Web Page
7 - Detail Author Profile
What could be better then placing your Link on a Web Page of a High Page Rank Article Directory Site.
Nice Bonus Upload Photo
People will are more likely to read your article and Click on your Link if they can see your Photo.
Another Bonus Good Stats
It is really nice to be able to see how many times an Article was Viewed and E-Mailed.
Here is a List of over 80 Article Submission Directories. Many of them still need to be evaluated. Have Fun and Good Luck. http://trafficninja.com/article-submit.html
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I use a number of different techniques to sell my products that way when an engagement comes along the person hiring me already knows what to expect. You can’t just buy a website and expect people to start calling with offers to hear you speak. Besides, selling a book or downloadable tape, is much easier to do because less money is at risk to the buyer.
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Acquiring lingerie for young women should be one of the most sweet things boyfriends can perform - and one of the most hectic and dangerous donation to get for a present.
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Are You Left Handed? College Financial Aid Can Help Pay for Your Getting that Important Degree
Searching for help in financing degree courses may be problematic and will take time. These scholarships are unlike a student loan in that they are a grant for education, and therefore, do not have to be repaid. While searching ways of funding a degree, be aware that funds are available in really unusual spots, for example left-hander scholarships. Left-Handed Scholarships
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