The framework of a play or a film is known as a script. All the characters and story of the film depends on its writing. It needs to be prepared with focus and attention as it is the most essential part of the play or movie. One needs to invest the right amount of time and patience on research and deep thinking as it requires deep understanding and knowledge of the subject on which the play or film is to be made. Thus, for successful script creativity and talent of the writer is very important.
Scriptwriting may seem easy in the beginning and many students thus, take this subject thinking it to be facile, but it’s a time taking a topic and require a lot of hard work, dedication, and passion. It is a captivating and inventive subject which needs an excellent thinking process as the script is a combination of ideas crafted together. The newer and distinct the views, the more hit the writing is. The more you can go deep in the subject and think about it from different perspectives, the better you can present it.
Therefore, scriptwriting is not so easy as it may seem, but with the following tips, you can sail through your scriptwriting assignments smoothly:
- Choose a suitable environment: Depending upon the subject on which you are writing choose an appropriate place accordingly, which can help you in getting new ideas. For example, if you are writing on the topic ‘spirituality’, you can choose a calm and serene place on the other hand for issues like ‘life in metros’ you can sit at the most happening or busy home in the city.
- Know your subject: First of all, give yourself time to think about the topic assigned to you. Relax and free your mind from other engagements and concentrate on the requirement of the subject and outline a road map of what you want to present in the play or film. This will give you a direction and unifying idea to work upon.
- Carve out the story: Jot down all the details and ideas which comes in your mind put it on paper without bothering about the style, trend or pattern. You can even use drawings or sketches to collect all the ideas which strike in your mind, the idea is to collect information for the story. Frail details, spineless links and repetitive scenes etc. can be trimmed later at the time of revision of the story.
- Take opinions of others: After you are done with a basic script, show it to people who have experience in this field or those who will provide honest feedback. For better feedback, you can choose to take the opinion of people belonging to different cultures and background. This will help you in improving your script as there are few mistakes which one is unable to find out even after checking multiple times. Be careful about not following the advice blindly, weigh all the opinion before incorporating it in your script.