Why Your Script Is Not a Film Yet

Segun Iwasanmi
@iwasanmisegun212159
3 days ago

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One quick way to get your script rejected fast is to start moving the camera inside your script like you’re the one holding it. “The camera pans left, zooms into his eyes, tilt upwards…” my brother, are you the director?

Your job as a scriptwriter is the story, not the camera angles. When you start dragging the camera around, two things happen:

1. You annoy the director, because you’re doing their work for them.

2. You expose yourself as an amateur, because professionals know script is story, not shooting manual.

What then should you focus on? The actions and emotions that make the scene alive. Don’t write “the camera zooms in on her face.” Instead, write “her smile faded till her lips pressed into silence.” Trust me, any good director will know exactly where to place the camera from that.

I tell the writers I coach, your script should read like a film I can already see in my head without needing you to drag the tripod around. That’s the secret to clean, professional scriptwriting that sells.

And yes, I help writers edit and refine their scripts into industry-level drafts that can actually make a producer pause. But here’s my advice today: before you start calling camera shots, make sure your story is strong enough that even without a lens, I can already picture it.

Now let me ask you, as a film lover,what’s one movie scene you can still remember vividly, not because of camera work, but because of how the story itself was written?

© Segun Iwasanmi | ™The Man With The Story.
Book Writer | Screen and Scriptwriter | Creative Fiction writer | Book Editor.
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