Monthly Archives: October, 2008
MOS
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. [...]
Read Screenplays!
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 [...]
[Insert Title Here]
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 [...]
Dolly Zoom
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 [...]
Pearls from Trees
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.