Screenwriting format is not hard to master; it has a few rules and a few guidelines. If you’re starting like I was years ago, you have a lot of questions about how to do specific things. But in this post, we are going to talk about Flashbacks and how to use them in the screenplay. […]
How to sell your screenplay to Netflix like a pro (2022)
With over 100 million subscribers, Netflix is an online film powerhouse. Almost every single producer, screenwriter, and filmmaker dream about getting their film or TV show on Netflix. As a screenwriter myself I’m one of these dreamers. So I scowled the internet to find the answer. To sell your script to Netflix, you can do […]
Over Black in a Screenplay Simply Explained
Screenwriting has a lot of do’s and don’t guidelines on formatting. Today we will be discussing the black screen or a screen with no image, and you will learn the following: What over black means How to write over/on a black screen How to present Text/quotes over a black screen How to write a voice […]
Screenwriter vs. Directing Who is the better Filmmaker?
Often Directors are the famous ones. They get the credit for bringing the magic to the screen. The question is should they always be the star of the production? Without the screenwriters what would they have to direct? Commercials. You can already see my stance on the issue. I’m a relatively new screenwriter who always […]
What does Beat Really Mean in a Script?
It took a while for me to understand what the term “Beat” fully means because there are multiple meanings. Here we will discuss all of them. Starting with the most popular. What is a beat in a screenplay? A beat is the smallest action of a scene. Example: John stands at attention. Marches down the hall. […]
What is a Super or Superimposition in a Script?
We see these all the time in scripts and movies alike but this isn’t something we normally think twice about. At least I didn’t while watching the last Captain America movie. Captain America: Civil War to be exact. While watching there were these big white letters over the entire screen stating a new location or […]