Leaning Into The Hollywood Perspective
As a screenwriting teacher, I have to share as much knowledge as I can in an organized way. It is the only way my mind works with screenwriting. The more jumbled it is, the more Frankenstein-ish my screenplay will come out. After years of reading and writing screenplays, I've been trying to write with The Hollywood Perspective. WHAT IS THE HOLLYWOOD PERSPECTIVE? The Hollywood Perspective is when a screenplay is written, it is written structurally, with real emotions of the characters, visual energy in each scene, and a deep fall into the writer's imagination where the plot feels surreal. It is the perspective in which most screenwriters watch films, then sit down at their computer and try their best to write a colorful, emotional, and moving film. Mind you, a screenwriter will seek to write films like Titanic or John Q. but never think about the thousands of people who worked on the entire project. There were set designers, wardrobe artists, hair and make-up people, story