Perfect Screenplay Script

To write the perfect screenplay, or even a good one for that matter, there are a countless number of factors and rules that play into the success of your script. These rules have been developed and researched over the years by trial and error. Because we live in a time of filmmaking that lacks originality, creators have attempted to unconventionally break these industry rules to keep their scripts fresh and unique. This strategy of screenwriting is risky and highly dangerous, if you are not an experienced writer. Overall, the set of rules judges the success, validity, and overall structure of your script. Breaking this set of rules could bring the life your script needed or bury as far down into the ground imaginable. These rules and regulations have opened a new avenue of literature to appear. There are copious amounts of books attempting to perfect the screenwriting method. For example, Robin U. Russin’s and William Missouri Downs’ “Screenplay: Writing the Picture.” These two men have claimed they have

Russin and Downs describe this as “Papa, don’t preach.” No they are not talking about the 1986 hit song “Papa Don’t Preach” by Madonna, they are referring to presenting your theme in a screenplay with subtlety. No one in an audience wants to be hand fed or forced fed for that manner a theme. An audience urges to know more to hunt and discover the theme. Russin and Downs describe this as “no one wants to go see a movie they “ought” to go see just because it has an “important message”.” (Russin and Downs 41) Personally a movie that falls under this category is Get Out. Jordan Peele’s Academy Award nominated film beautifully illustrates race relation in America and does so subtly through its comedic moments. The contrast of the characters is what creates comedy in Get Out and is what makes the film