“There are only three kinds of scenes: negotiations, seductions and fights. I’ve finished. That’s all. All scenes come in one of those three categories. […] How often have you rehearsed a scene for two weeks,…
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Humor is a good way to hide exposition. Amusing explanations are light. The audience doesn’t perceive the writer’s concern to feed them information. Viewers don’t realize that an effort of comprehension is asked of them.…
“To punch up a screenplay” primarily means to add humor and jokes to it. It’s an aspect of the re-writing process that in Hollywood is often asked to a different writer from the author of…
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Negotiation is good material for screenwriters and it has inspired beautiful scenes (just think of the opening scene in The Godfather, where Bonasera begs Don Vito to revenge his daughter’s honor for him). Why are…
The more poignant and meaningful a line of dialogue is, the better it is. A way to create subtext is to make a character hint at something painful to them or the person they are…