KLUGULA SCREENPLAY CONSULTING
  • Services
  • Why KSC?
  • FAQS
  • Testimonials
  • Availability
  • Contact
  • News
  • About

Less is More.

7/26/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
After working through the screenwriting process for more than 15 years, and developing my own set of tricks and shortcuts and must-haves -- I've found that less is more.  We're not writing a novel, so description/action sequences should be minimal.  Get your point across, but don't overdo it.  I once had a development exec. tell me, "Don't do the work of the other craftsmen."  In other words, describe what you need to, if it's integral to the plot/character.  But there's no need to talk of the intricate details in the home or surroundings of your main character (unless there's something like Tippi Hedren's aversion to the color red in Hitchcock's Marnie -- as an example).  Let the production designer and artisans have their creative say.

​And one of the favorites I've moved into regular rotation in my own descriptions -- as an example -- if there's a fight on-screen, simply say, "There is a struggle."  Unless someone needs to break an arm, or get a bruise (important later in the script), there's no need to overdo it.  The fight choreographer has to earn his/her paycheck too.  "There is a struggle."  And leave it at that.

And beyond all of that, smaller descriptions will keep your page count down, which is always a giant plus!

​Less is more.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    news

    Stay up to date with screenwriting tips, sales on services, schedule changes and other important stuff at KSC!

    Archives

    June 2025
    December 2024
    September 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    October 2023
    June 2023
    April 2023
    October 2022
    September 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    September 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Home / services

news

Contact

Klugula Screenplay Consulting (KSC) / Michael Klug
Copyright © 2019-2024
  • Services
  • Why KSC?
  • FAQS
  • Testimonials
  • Availability
  • Contact
  • News
  • About