Anyone ever tried this? We've shelved our FL film for a few months as the producer is having some personal problems, so in the meantime I'm putting together a team of 7 (including the cast) to create a short film. The film itself has no dialogue at all, and an incredibly simple plot. The whole story will be told through different camera perspectives of the characters (not as dull as it sounds), and use of continuous/non-continuous transitions. I was playing around with ideas, when I simply though "well... there aren't any screen-writing police to tell me off, so why not keep it simple?"
I've settled on a novel solution (for myself, at least). The screenplay is written as a short descriptive work, a whole page and a half (for a 30 minute film), including all the actions and camera angles required, akin to an extremely short novella, simply describing the story from start to finish.
Has anyone else used an unconventional approach to screen-writing before? What were your experiences?
I've settled on a novel solution (for myself, at least). The screenplay is written as a short descriptive work, a whole page and a half (for a 30 minute film), including all the actions and camera angles required, akin to an extremely short novella, simply describing the story from start to finish.
Has anyone else used an unconventional approach to screen-writing before? What were your experiences?