Posted by Will Turner, Karaoke King at nat0.ucc.ac.uk on March 23, 2004 at 06:54:21:
In Reply to: I think it really depends on what type of movie posted by Mr Writer on March 23, 2004 at 06:25:40:
What you need is "Story" by Robert McKee. Watch films, read books, go on adventures, eventually something will click. Oh and the font is 12 Courier (double spaced)
: you're going for. And by "type", i mean genre and style.
: For example, i'm writing a screenplay at the moment about 3 down-on-their-luck guys trying to get girls. There's no real need for an antagonist/hero/whatever as it's quite a meandering plot - no real action. I suppose Clerks could be another example of something that didn't have (and didn't need, for that matter) different types of characters (it consisted mostly of the 2 leads, and the customers). Other films need different types of character, like say an action flick - you need the good guy and the bad guy, maybe the damsel/hostage - you get the idea.
: I suppose what i'm trying to say is - it's all down to what you have decided is the premise and the mood of the piece. No-one can really give any sort of advice without this information, and even then it might just need to be down to your own disgression.
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: : ... im aiming for good, anyway, i have written one screenplay, and started off various others and just want to know a very basic outline of the ingredients i need, ie, antagonist, hero etc etc, any help would be great