SCRIPT FORMAT: Opening On A Black Screen

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Ай бұрын

OVER BLACK is an often-used technique to open a screenplay.
This video looks at the many ways you can format it, using a variety of classic and recent films and scripts, blockbusters and arthouse titles.
This is an update of my somehow highly popular but grossly disappointing first video on the topic, which also happened to be the first video I ever posted to this channel!
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@ladyheroin.v4143 Ай бұрын

This channel needs millions of subs. So much knowledge

@TheStoryDepartment Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Not sure how realistic it is, but it would be nice. Please keep coming back, and spread the word! Cheers, Karel

@mercurialhypersprite9556 Ай бұрын

Facts brother. So true my friend.

@paulpasadena Ай бұрын

I love how they treat the reveal of the teacher in THE WHALE like it's some big reveal. In reality, they'd be shocked for like 7 seconds and then they'd be like, "Oh. Our teacher's fat. Moving on." It really wouldn't be a big, epic revelation like they treat it in the movie.

@TheStoryDepartment Ай бұрын

Hi Paul, Thanks for your comment! I hadn't thought about it that way but it makes perfect sense. It also reflects the teacher's own anxiety about it. The tension in his mind is expressed on the screen through the tension created by the black screen. The obvious irony here is that in the real world, often the teacher's screen is one of the few that has the camera on. If they can, students often leave their cameras off. Cheers, Karel

@ManUnhappy 5 күн бұрын

The age difference would reflect that this scene is more about the teacher’s anxiety about it, not the students. He’s had years of intolerance and jeers and all that. Yes the kids likely wouldn’t care but it’s a lot for someone to overcome after that kind of conditioning.

@NR-tr4tq Ай бұрын

Great video. Equally great t-shirt. Really looking forward to Eggers' version of Nosferatu.

@TheStoryDepartment Ай бұрын

Believe it or not: I had not made the connection!

@NR-tr4tq Ай бұрын

@@TheStoryDepartment I thought it was subtle foreshadowing 😏

@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu Ай бұрын

"Sofia wanted to...". "Hmmm... No." Thank you, bro! We all needed that.

@TheStoryDepartment Ай бұрын

Dude - you have no idea the stuff I get to read... Sometimes I'm thinking no matter what people pay to get notes, it's worth more to just put the damn thing down...

@TiagoCavalcanti-ji6hu Ай бұрын

Glad to see you again! Nice hook, BTW!

@TheStoryDepartment Ай бұрын

Hey, thanks!