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This teaching technique is phenomenal. I'm not exaggerating but, instead of writing an imaginary scene and making people imagine that scene in their heads, like most other tutorials, you took a film scene and "reverse engineered" it. Extremely easy to understand. This has to be the most useful video on screenwriting I've seen till now. You're a great teacher.

after six years, you've finally helped me in understanding and writing my first professional draft script!

THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE, PHENOMENAL TUTORIAL...very basic, simple and to the point. I'm an actress and a brand spankin new writer trying to learn how to write my own content. I have watched a million videos and learned that all teachers can't teach. Your video was sooooo simple to understand. Thank you so much for sharing this content. It really helped me get started.

you basically summed up 16 hours of class time in 12 minutes... but i think my professor is gonna roast the way you wrote things.

Great process breakdown. Just to chime in, using terms like "we see" or transitions like "cut to" are often reserved for scripts being prepared photography. Many established writers will approach the first interation (not draft) very much like a novel as some feel "we" and anything technical pulls the initial read away from the story. This is of course up for debate but just be prepared for little odd preferences from reader to reader. Simply starting a new slug line is more often than not enough to let the reader know you've transitioned into a new scene. One last note, format is also rocky. For example, V.O. is sometime seen in parentheses next to the characters name during dialogue. And "continuous" is used to show something continues despite some transition...etc... this video is a fantastic example but be ready to adapt your format to fit your submission :)

One important thing is , screenplay is written with one thing in mind that, the writer and the reader both are living the scene as if they are in the scene, observing. "WE" here is used for the writer and the reader, who both are experiencing the scene live.

Thank you so much for this!! I'm getting into filmmaking, with no degree or extensive training and I'm trying my hardest to work with what I've got. So grateful for this video, it helps a ton. You explained everything in a clean and concise way, AND you made everything digestible. Again, thank you for this.

I have been trying to write a screenplay of a story but could not find anything until I found this. this is just what I needed. heartfelt thanks.

I just read Joker script. Happy I stumbled onto ur video

This was so useful! I'm a media student currently, writing screenplays on the side for fun and this cemented the basics for me. :)

I dont understand why more people dont format their teaching videos like yours this is extremely helpfull thank you!❤

This is concise and simple. Straightforward to the point. I like it, thank you. Makes it look easy for natural writers like me.

Thank you for the video.I was totally stuck looking at the blank page.Thinking how I can do screenwriting for the first time.Now it has made it clearer I can start writing my first script. Thank You.

I love this video! I’m planning on writing my own screenplay soon, this helps a lot.

Im going to start media when we get back to school in September and you’re videos have helped me get a good introduction to the topic, thank you so much 😊

I have watched other videos but this video is so detailed and your writing is too. Thank You!

hey man. Awesome job. You really made almost ten months of work done in just 10 minutes. Just the lesson I was looking for.

Always good for a nice refresher. I've seen a lot of screenplays and plays in my life but I have yet to actually fully write my own (as always, starts with a killer idea) so to see it written down simply and succinctly is useful. Thanks for this.

Wow! This is incredibly well made and informative. 💕 Fantastic video, very helpful!

This process was so easy to grasp. Thank you.

Straight forward and easy to understand. Definitely saved a lot of my time. Thanks!

wow, thank you for going over it this way, super helpful.

This man has said all the things I wanted to hear , thanks man

Thank you so much for this! You are a wonderful teacher. I am wanting to write my first script and wanted to know where to start with the format. You are the best.

I can see you've got what it takes to convey knowledge, it's more of practical here, the video really helps, as I need more guidance from you. Thanks for this great video, makes it a bit easier than those I've come across

I've been trying to learn formating for months and this video helped me more practical information than all the sources i checked together. Thank you!

Thank you so much, seeing you apply this to a movie I'm familiar with did help greatly. It's better than you telling me how a scene is made.

I’m a young freelance animator who’s just getting to write a formal storyboard script for the first time for my school district’s film festival. Learned some good terms here!

man, absolutely love your video, your clear explanation, and your content, thanks!

thank you so much for this, i am thinking of going into screenwriting as a profession. this was extremely help and easy to understand. this allowed me to learn most of the terminology. thank you again.

so useful, easy to understand and practical at the same time. Great content! It helps me a lot.

THANK YOU! was trying to find for a script writing tutorial and this one was the best. I am gonna start my first ever short film and this really helped! Thanks again :)

Thanks! I've always wanted to know how to format a script as I've always had an interest in storytelling and filmmaking. I appreciate the video, very well and simply explained.

Most helpful tutorial ever. I subscribed and liked after the first two minutes. Wished I watched this three weeks ago

After I watched this video, I finally can make my own movie more professional than it used to be. You helped me a lot, thank you for that. Have a nice day

Thank you so much for explaining this in a very easy way to understand the whole process

Script-making is explained in an interesting way. It has been a great learning experience for me, thank you so much.

Wow. I dealt with a Hollywood script consultant for years who would have shredded that first paragraph (too long - the room should be one paragraph, and the characters should be a second paragraph.- no paragraph should be more than 3-4 lines). She also said to never direct the actors through the script (a point we argued about frequently). This brings up an interesting point: There are a lot of 'rules' about format and style for screenplays, and it's always presented as if breaking any of these conventions will result in your eternal banishment from the industry. But then you look at the actual scripts from major films or TV, and they break all the 'rules'. The one about paragraphs not being too long was shattered when I saw the script for the first Walking Dead episode. Paragraphs that were 1/4 of a page, with meandering descriptions that felt more like I was on safari than being given relevant information. That said, I do think shorter (3-4 lines, max) descriptions are better, because they're easy to read quickly. Having had scripts read by execs and producers at major studios, I can honestly tell you - these people have no attention span. A block of text will stop them dead in their tracks, and they will pass on your script. If your paragraph has two separate things (the room AND characters, for example), make it two paragraphs. Again, it makes it easier to read (See how I separated this paragraph from the one above?). Also, don't use "seems to", "like they", or other weak descriptors if you're going to give a direction. Where "This question SEEMS TO sober him, LIKE she's just killed the joke" has two weak points, and gives ambiguity, "Killing the joke, her question sobers him.", makes her action the pivot point, changing him from giddy to sober, and is unambiguous. That will read better. Last, I should say I'm an American, trying to sell scripts in Hollywood. It may be different in the UK, Australia, or anywhere else in the world. I've sold two scripts, but neither has been produced as yet, so my words have as much weight as you give them... :)

I genuinely enjoyed watching this tutorial and I learned a lot from this video.

Very informative, and, best of all, concise! This video helped me immensely.

Thank you this will really make me improve my craft in screen play .

Thank you so much, I am a beginner in screenwriting, your video really helped me.

Here's an idea of how I would write that scene: Arthur sits in a white room with a therapist, and suddenly has a bout with uncontrollable, agonized laughter. He is holding a cigarette while this ensues.

Wonderful teacher! So, beginner friendly. Much appreciated. Blessings!

This is so helpful. I don't have enough words to convey my thanks.

Pls keep making more videos, this was really awesome!

Very helpful thanks, I'll be rewatching this when I get stuck writting my own Screenplay ! thanks again!

Very helpful. I admire your teaching method. It makes it easy to understand and very relatable. Thank you.

Such a wonderful and simple explanation. Thank you. Love and respect from Vancouver.

Man! You really helped me out. What an awesome tutorial. Thanks so much. I definitely clicked thumbs up and subscribed.

thanks so much, ur an amazing tutor, I feel inspired to carry on my screenplay

This is one of the finest explanations

This is amazing, needs more views

Best teacher ive seen hands down and this is my first video. seeeesh

Thank you so much, I hope yall in the comment section make it as a film writer

Very,very helpful and very clear. Thank You so much

Vert good video! I have just started my fillmaking carerr and this changed for me everything! please to more videos like this ❤.

Thanks for your precious help!

I just finished reading this screenplay and I gotta say, ITS NUTHING LIKE THE DIALOGUE IN THE FILM!

This was actually very helpful, thanks

one of the best examples i've seen on youtube

This is the most helpfull video in a long time made it very easy for me to write a screen play ,,,thank you so much ...

Thank you. This helped a lot. Thanks so much.

Awesome! Thank you!

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I found this very useful. Thank you very much

thank you for this. you helped me to understand how to write a script. planning to write soon.👍

I'm from ETHIOPIA, Thanks for your teaching and advice!

Brilliant tips mate I starting to plan my own screenplay and these are very helpful, thanks.

Great help thank you and god bless you in theaw crazy times cheers!!

Thank you so much sir, this really helped me finished up my home work

Thanks for making complex things so simple with real-time examples. Love the tutorial.

Explanation on White or Black board is much more understandably, you showed us with Examples which makes me so clear about it this give me more energetic to start even right now. it's fun

Thanks for your informative article on screen writing for novices like me.

Thank you, that was VERY helpful! Subscribing!

Great way of presenting how / what to do!

This is a good one I was really stressed out because we were taught this in class but didn't get it but I have gotten some ideas on where to start. Thank you very much

Thanks a lot such a beautiful tutorial! It’s very helpful!

I think this reverse process is a great way to self-train in screenwriting. Very helpful, keep it up.

Thanks ❤ that's so helpful. I'm working on a class project and I cried out loud trying to format it. Very useful video. 🎉

Hello. Nice video. Thank you very much. Could you, in this case, instead of a CUT TO and then another slugline, use a INSERT CUT for the young bruce scene?

Great presentation of how to write a screenplay, very helpful. Thanks Bro

This will help man. Appreciate it

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This is great. Thank you so much ❤

your screenplays are very good and amazing

this was immensely helpful!!

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What a scene to be used as a teaching tool!

Thank you so much for detailed explanation of screenplay.....

This was very helpful thank you.

THANK YOU WITH ALL MY HEART

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I wood love to learn more about how to producing films and scenes 😢!! I already write some films that I wrote it and invented myself!! I love your work so much ❤!

THANK YOU, great presentation....beginner editor