A short film script

How to do an effective short film script

1. How to write an effective short film script The Milk project isn’t finished …

2. THE SHORTER THE BETTER 10 minutes

3. Be realistic

4. The lunch date MAKE IT VISUAL “Film is a visual medium”. “Show, don’t tell.”

5. FIND “A STORY” a conflict that has to be resolved, a dilemma a choice that the protagonist has to make. Sebastian’s voodo

6. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BEGINNING AND THE END

7. Step by step Characters : Define each one with about three descriptors rather than a complex biography. “Anxious teenager who needs a job”. Create a voice

8. Step by step 2. Setting: Time and place (not very detailed)

9. Step by step Conflict : What just happened before this scene? Where are the characters going? Do they fear something or are they excited about something? Does one character believe something while another thinks the opposite? 

10. Next task Characters Setting and place Conflict . Examples : Interview: answer questions Travel to past / future / present / a different country / to heaven Attack (verbal or physical ) / war / fight / aliens / zombies / etc . For next week