Write to Shoot

Introduction

Aren’t all screenplays written for production? Theoretically that’s true because screenplays are blueprints filmmakers follow to make movies. The problem is that all scripts (long and short) start out as literary reads to garner interest and attract funding. The “real” work comes when the project is green-lit and then often, horrible things happen to the script that started it all.

That’s because screenwriters usually aren’t writing with production parameters in mind and filmmakers who write their own scripts are too busy getting their ideas down to think of production “yet,” or if they are thinking of production, their scripts are so technical that the story gets lost. This doesn’t have to happen. The screenwriter can get control ...