Does anyone really think anyone else is going to be interested in a screenplay like that? I think all told, I spent at least 40 minutes going back and checking to see if I read it wrong. Why? Because I invested my time and energy and generally cleared my head and hoped to my God that I was in for the story of my life. Of course he had introduced other characters before this and to be honest, I didn't even know this new character was the protagonist until I read another 25 pages. I recently read a script where the screenwriter didn't introduce the protagonist until page 22. Most likely, he or she is unhappy there although he or she may not even be aware of it.Īlong with showing us your Protagonist's ordinary world, you'll also be introducing your Protagonist to us. Remember this is the world that has helped form your Protagonist but obviously not all the way. Let us know what kinds of things can happen there - what kinds of things we can expect to happen there. Establish the rules and regulations of your new story world. Remember, you're God now so it's time to be in charge. That's right, immerse yourself into that world. Set the stage for me so that when one of your characters does something - anything - I'm okay with it. Show us the characters in that world - good and bad. The ordinary world could be as small as a clique and as large as the universe but you've got to show us that world. It doesn't matter if your Protagonist's ordinary world looks a lot like our world. The new world that sets the stage for your story. Not the rules of the world I left behind to read your screenplay or watch your movie. ![]() If you can't even sell me on your Protagonist's ordinary world - how the hell are you gonna sell me on the rest of the story? Remember, this ordinary world is the world YOU created for us. One of the things that shine through almost immediately within the first 10 pages of a script is the authenticity of that particular story world.Ĭome on. Movies, screenplays, books, interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and the Internet. Just because you've seen a few movies with a similar ordinary world doesn't make you an expert.Īny way you can. Don't just THINK you know all about your Protagonist's ordinary world. ![]() I want to know as much or more about his or her world than he or she does. Take me to a world I've never seen before.
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