And just in case you think that anyone who reads scripts for a living, has an imagination, think again - it's your job to make them "see" the film as they read your script. Screenplay into a film, including: the reader doing coverage, the assistants at the agencies and production companies, the development executives, producers, studio executives, the director, the actors, etc. In case you think that "the reader" is just that person who does coverage of your script for the studio, you're wrong - the reader is basically every single person who will eventually turn your While a simple but compelling story might be enough to rope in the reader, unless your premise is truly unique, you usually have to give the reader enough information to fully imagine the scene - but not so much detail as to mark you as an amateur. In fact, the only reason to mention any detail whatsoever, instead of just writing -ĭETECTIVE JOHN MACY, 30s, turns to his partner DETECTIVE YVONNE BURKE, late 20s. After all, who are you to decide when this film will be shot? Unless the season is absolutely critical to the story, leave it out. Otherwise, leave it out, together with any other unnecessary description, such as the bare trees, and the late afternoon sun. The only reason to mention it at all is if it's going to play a role in the story. YVONNE BURKE, African-American, late 20s.Įven this much description would be a bit flowery for some people, but it does help to "set the scene" by establishing the feel of the neighborhood (abandoned building, low-rent district), something about our main character (the intensity of his gaze), who else is in the scene (a female, African-American partner - already raising the question as to whether they are friends or foes), and one more thing of interest - the '57 Chevy.
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Sun glints off the chrome on a '57 Chevy parked outside an abandoned building in a low-rent district, as DETECTIVE JOHN MACY, 30s, turns his intense gaze from the building's many broken windows to his partner, DET.
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