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About Anthony T. Carter
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I am an active screenwriter/playwright/lyricist, director, and scenic designer...so I can answer questions in those areas. I write in the genres of serio-comedy, farce, satire, drama.
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I am a playwright in residence for a few local theatres in my town. I have also written an produced a few screenplays and have written a television pilot that I will be shooting soon.
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Dead Playwrights Society (Playwright in Residence)
Shipping Dock Unleashed (Improv Story Editor)
Nuts and Bolts (Improv Story Editor)
Bread and Water Theatre Company (Playwright in Residence)
Radworks
Royal Autumn Entertainment (Founder)
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Reaping Folk (2006)
The Nutty and the Profound (2007)
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B.A. Theatre Arts, Nazareth College of Rochester 2007
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You are here: Experts > Arts/Humanities > Writing > Writing Plays/Screenwriting > What to include in a script (and what not)
Expert: Anthony T. Carter
Date: 5/2/2008
Subject: What to include in a script (and what not)
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HI!
Before I start asking my question(s), I just wanted to say thanks for doing this. I accidently got on this page and think it's awesome! Helping out and everything.
Alright...the question(s):
1) In a script (for a feature film) I only include what I see ON the screen (and what I hear, if it needs to be mentioned), right?
2) And could you tell me about the "how" ,like should it be decorated with fancy words or just plane and simple what is on the screen (much like in a report, "cold" facts).
The thing that I dont really get is, should the script impress with the way it was written as well? Because then I have to write "stuff" that wont improve the story itself or the movie, but rather make "the reading of the script" more interesting... which is important, because I want the reader to go like: "wow thats interesting, I want to make it into a movie!/see this being made into a movie" or something like that.
(You are probably asking yourself "what does he want?!" ^^ It is kind of hard to put it into words (probably because English isnt my mother tongue).
Why it mean is: Is all that "fancy stuff" just a bonus(therefore not actually needed, but helpful when selling the script) or is it important? Or maybe even "wrong" and shouldnt be added at all!
I read a few scripts (probably the wrong ones...since they were written by people who made those scripts into movies themselves and didnt write it the way some like me would have to write it.
I will try to find other scripts, but I hope you can help me out a bit.
OK! That's it for now :D. Looking forward to your answer.
Thanks for the help!
Answer
First off, you aren't Shane Black so making your script read interesting is quite frankly a knock off...don't do it...it can really put off readers who aren't ready for it...or just don't want to read it. Second be sure to put in what is needed...not anymore, not anyless...understand? What we see, what we hear...characters develped through visual cues and dialogue, not character bios in the action paragraphs.
Go to
www.simplyscripts.com
there are a whole bunch of screenplays on here...try to read the scripts over the transcripts.
Hope this helps
ATC
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