“It’s essential to storyboard your scenes before the day of the shoot. If you’re working with an editor, have him/her look over your storyboards and give you feedback.” –Julia Booras Did you know that there is a step just in between the ideation and creation of a movie? This step is called storyboarding. It is…
“Every successful promotional message must attract attention, arouse interest, stimulate desire, and present a compelling call for action.” – Rieck, Dean Did you know that the scriptwriter of promotional spots often draws on advertising principles? In fact, many copywriters work for advertising firms or agencies. Therefore, this article focuses on the advertising approaches adopted for…
In the previous article, we discussed the research process involved in documentary scriptwriting. Today, we shall take a look at how a shooting script is crafted. Writing the Documentary Script The process of writing a documentary script is significantly different from writing a script for a feature film or a television show. The documentary screenwriter…
Research is an important step in the world of screenwriting and today, we shall discover more about it! The Research Process in Documentary Screenwriting “As a researcher, you need to combine the penetrating brazenness of the good journalist with the painstaking attention to detail of the Ph.D. candidate. You must be observer, analyst, student, and…
“A documentary may take a stand, state an opinion, advocate a solution to a problem.” – Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. How many times have we learned so many new things from documentaries? But have we ever thought about the writers who write these documentaries? Or about the different writing techniques they use to keep…
Even though they often go unnoticed, screenwriters are the ones to set the foundation of any film, television show or documentary. As we have been previously discovering the art of crafting script for documentaries, let us learn more about the different documentary writing techniques! Documentary Writing Techniques “Documentaries may be popular and entertaining, or epic…
“In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director.” -Alfred Hitchcock How many times have we veered away from big feature films and preferred to watch a simple documentary? Well, for some, it happens often. But do you know that screenwriting for a documentary is also some kind of art?…
I am not really a fan of documentaries and I think there are many like me. But still, I must tip my hat to all those screenwriters behind documentaries. I mean, it’s hard enough to come up with the concept for a fictional story if you ask me, so to actually write a whole script…
We all enjoy watching movies, don’t we? But have we imagined how is the world of screenwriting like? Who came up with the story? Who wrote such compelling characters? Who decided on the dialogue? All these form part of screenwriting. In some of our previous articles, we discovered the skills required by a screenwriter but…
I’ve already written five articles on the skills required for screenwriting and today, this sixth and last one focuses on another essential element that is required from all screenwriters. The Skills of a Screenwriter Scripting Effective Scenes “You always attack a movie scene as late as you possibly can. You always come into the scene…
