The result is what I call “narrative cram.” The story can’t breathe. They come in with big story ideas, often feature-length screenplay ideas, but quickly discover their idea won’t fit or work in the short form. This is always, always, the number one problem for my screenwriting students. Find a small, specific, significant idea you can tell well in a short script So here are six tips for crafting a short screenplay that connects, based on my long experience as a writer and as a screenwriting teacher at the FSU Film School and USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.ġ. It requires the craft and concentration of a medieval artist carving scenes in a walnut. A great short film can also open doors for you in the film industry, which Barry Jenkins discovered with his luminous short film script, My Josephine, written in my screenwriting class at Florida State University.īut writing a successful short screenplay isn’t easy. Interest in and access to creating and viewing short films and episodes of series has exploded worldwide, for both TV and the Web. There has never been a better time to learn the craft of writing short film scripts. 6 Tips for Writing Short Film Scripts That Connectīy Claudia Hunter Johnson, award-winning writer, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker and author of Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect 5e.
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