Writing a script can be a lesson in brevity for all potential screen writers. Before you ask someone to read your entire script, you may want to submit 10-15pp story treatment first. Then if the reader likes what they see they'll ask for more.
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| American Graffiti script writers & husband & wife, Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz circa 1973. They, along with George Lucas,were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing a Story or Screenplay. (BTW: I just love Gloria's Jew-Fro. A true 1970's fashion). According to the screenwriters, Graffiti was a 15pp story treatment submitted to various movie studios first before it was an entire script. |
Below is a 3-page synopsis of the film, included in a press packet dated three months before the film's release. They managed to reduce a nearly 2 hour movie into a 3p outline. (Click on all documents to enlarge. Or, don't do anything. See if I care.)
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| A page from an international film program. Candy Clark signed this for me in 2016. |
Below is a cast list from the press book. Although it's not comprehensive, it is descriptive of which actors were in a particular scene.
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I love that synopsis... Concise!
ReplyDeleteI just discovered this blog and I'm planning on spending many hours trawling all this material you've gathered. Great job; great great film.