What does MOS stand for? “Write an MOS script,” they say. ”Remember this is MOS,” they warn. But what does that mean exactly? Explanations offered: Mit Aus Sound. This is doubly wrong. First of all the English word “without” cannot be broken into “with” and “out” and translated into German and retain the same meaning. [...]
One of the best ways to learn about screenwriting and get an impression of the right way to write your own, is to read as many screenplays as possible. Here’s a good site with lots of popular scripts. http://www.dailyscript.com/ Also, a lot of studios put up the scripts for their Academy nominated movies. http://focusfeatures2007.com/ http://www.vantageguilds.com/twbb/FinalScript_TWBB.pdf [...]
Trees dispensed a number of handy tips on developing a movie idea. But I think one was missing: coming up with a good title. Defining your genre, concept, and premise are all essential, of course, but a good title is no less so. It’s how a movie is identified before you see it. It’s how [...]
Mosio demonstrated the different optical effects you get with lenses of different focal lengths. He showed us slides of his friend against a background, maintaining the same image size by moving back as he switched to longer focal lengths. A dolly zoom is the effect you get when you film this in real-time. It was [...]
End the scene with reactions from characters. Reveal new dimensions of characters. It’s never easy. Send it in a new direction. Maintain your subplots.