How to Write a Screenplay : Spacing & Margin Tips for Screenplays
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thought this was really helpfull and easyliy told,10/10
wescraven02 1 week ago
@SatanicFilmHouse I've seen the same thing where the courier on FInal Draft is slightly different from the courier standard--I think that's because Final Draft is trying to go more closely to the look of the old typewriter. Seeing as the format of a script hasn't really changed in 50 years, that might be an explanation.
THENEWJMONEY507 2 weeks ago
@THENEWJMONEY507 The thing about MS Word is that I've never been able to get the font to look right. I use courier 12-point, but it looks totally different in Final Draft.
SatanicFilmHouse 2 weeks ago
Ha ha true... Hollywood will accept submissions straight from the toilet bowl, as long as it's in 12 pt courier.
booooboooo77 2 weeks ago
@SatanicFilmHouse I wasn't making a big deal about it. And I know what structure is, and a small part of structure is the format. And I have and use Final Draft--this video is for people who use Microsoft Word or other similar word processors.
THENEWJMONEY507 2 weeks ago
@THENEWJMONEY507 I completely understand that. For a screenplay to work, it must be divided into three acts, which are: setup, conflict, resolution. It also must focus on a person called the "main character," who must A) have backstory (called "characterization") and B) must develop in some way throughout the story (called a "character arc"). That is structure.
In any case, Final Draft formats the script automatically. Why make a big deal about it at all?
SatanicFilmHouse 2 weeks ago
@SatanicFilmHouse Gaah, I already explained this.
Just like a sonnet has to have fourteen lines and other elements to work, a screenplay has to have certain elements to work The spec script doesn't change it's elements when it goes to the production script--it's the same thing. Read screenplays and see.
THENEWJMONEY507 2 weeks ago
@booooboooo77 I imagine most scripts produced in Hollywood today are, in fact, written with crayon on toilet paper. It would explain an awful lot. I don't see why something like that would be difficult to sell.
SatanicFilmHouse 2 weeks ago
@THENEWJMONEY507 A screenplay's structure has nothing to do with it's format. Screenplay structure has to do with setup, conflict, resolution, character development, theme, and irony. You could write a screenplay on a chalkboard and that has nothing to do with it's structure. Script formatting is only important for the production draft. Perhaps it's because screenwriters think structure equates to the arranging of words on the page is why so many films today are unwatchable.
SatanicFilmHouse 2 weeks ago
@SatanicFilmHouse The formatting is there because of the page-to-screentime ratio. One page of screenplay suggests about one minute of screentime, give or take. That's why a typical script is 90-120 pages long.
A sonnet is not a sonnet unless you follow the rules on structure. A screenplay is not a screenplay unless you follow the structure. The story might be genius, but if it's not structured (formatted in this case) then it's just a story, not a screenplay.
THENEWJMONEY507 2 weeks ago