A couple of days ago I mentioned my new venture into the world of the screenplay. It is different, especially when you're writing a novel at the same time. For example,
in the novel you might say:
The next morning Logan came down for breakfast. "Good morning," he said with a raspy voice. "You're up early this morning."
"I have a nine o'clock appointment at the salon."
Okay, simple enough, but in a screenplay script it would go something like this:
INT. - DAY
LOGAN'S TOWNHOUSE - DINING ROOM
LOGAN enters room.
LOGAN
(Raspy)
Good morning. You're up early this morning.
LYNN
I have a nine o'clock appointment at the salon.
Of course, I have a screenwriting program that places the correct spacing and margins for the different directions and words, but when you work a few hours with the screenplay, then switch to the novel, you have a burning desire to write
INT. - DAY instead of "The next morning."
In the novel, the fact that it is the next morning may mean something. In the screenplay, the scene is simply INT. meaning inside and DAY, meaning, well, Daytime as opposed to night.
The way I understand it, when a screenplay is filmed, ALL the INT. DAY TOWNHOUSE DINING ROOM scenes are filmed one after the other. Then, the scenes are placed together when the film is edited later. That's why you sometimes hear an actor being interviewed say they really don't know how the film goes. THEY DON'T. All they know is they have done a pile of scenes that will be put together in a room somewhere to create a movie. The Director is the only one with an idea of how he or she wants the final movie to look.
But, it would be a tad impractical in a movie about planning to go to the North Pole to go back and forth six or seven times from where the trip is being planned to the North Pole. A lot more expensive too!
More later. Have a great day.
Thanks,
Dan
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