First impressions last. The opening image of your screenplay is your reader’s entry into the world you’re crafting. If you can hook your audience from page one, it gives them confidence in reading the rest of your script.
In this video, Scott teaches you the intention and effect behind the opening of your screenplay and how to keep your audience engaged.
Here’s what’s coming up:
• The goal of the first page of your screenplay. Setting up the story, tone, and characters.
• Different styles of opening images and ways to incorporate imagery.
• Real movie and TV examples to learn from. What’s working and why.
Over to You:
• Ask yourself, are my first few pages eye-catching? How can I improve?
• What do you think of Scott’s methods outlined in this video?
Let us know in the comments section below the video.
Resources:
• You can read and download the mentioned scripts here:
KING OF STATEN ISLAND:
deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/THE-KING-O…
ANIMAL KINGDOM:
screenplaysandscripts.com/tv_script_files/A/Animal…
THE JOKER:
d2bu9v0mnky9ur.cloudfront.net/academy2019/screenpl…
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