Have you thought about making your own film? Of course, anyone has ever dreamed of this. Then you probably know that any movie needs a script. To write a script, you need to know some of the features of creating a dramatic work intended for film adaptation.
It is necessary
- the Internet,
- books on the topic of your script,
- a pen,
- paper,
- a computer.
Instructions
Step 1
Who is your hero? You will be able to choose a hero when you understand what topic you want to write a drama on and what is the main driving idea of the future story. For example, your topic is war. The idea is that human relations are more important than political convictions. Therefore, you need a hero who, through his actions, will affirm this idea. Most likely, he needs to be a military man (let his name be Jack). You also need a second character to act in a way that makes the character and the audience think differently. All his actions will testify to the opposite - the political domination of one people over another is the only value in the world. Let's call this hero Bob. Naturally, these two heroes will clash in your story and will fight - this is called the fight between the protagonist (Jack) and the antagonist (Bob).
Step 2
It is important to know as much as possible about your heroes. Those. Bob and Jack need biographies. It is not necessary to include the story of their lives in the script, but you must understand what kind of people are acting in your film. Then you can start writing the story itself. You will immediately see how new scenes will start adding by themselves. This is because biography gives new motivations, new psychological traits, reveals the personalities of the heroes. This means that the heroes will begin to "act" based on the psychological portraits that you create for them. So do some good work on the backstories of your characters.
Step 3
Focus on the classic structure of the drama - the opening, the development of the action, the climax, the denouement. All these are familiar terms from literature lessons at school. When you write 2-3 stories in a classic way, you can start experimenting, but for now, hone your craft. An example for our story can be the following turn of events. Jack arrives at his place of service, he is young and he is interested in this new "man's life." It so happens that Jack and several other newcomers are immediately thrown on a combat mission. They are captured. Enemy army officer Bob interrogates the prisoners. They meet Jack, and between them the idea you have conceived begins to develop: Jack must somehow miraculously convince the inveterate warrior Bob that he is deeply mistaken in his theory of the superiority of one people over another. Of course, it won't be long campfire conversations. Bob and Jack will get into a million alterations, get out of them, almost shoot each other a couple of times, and only in the final find out … And what they find out is your job.
