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padnar
06-06-2009, 09:22 AM
I need some info. My character who is a successful reporter decides
to do news reports for her webite .For example a physical assault is done she will report it in her website.
Pl help me as to how can I show it in the screen and thanks .
padma
wordmonkey
06-07-2009, 05:09 PM
Do you mean something like...

She sits down at the computer and waits a second for the program to load then she starts to type.

ANGLE ON MONITOR SCREEN

Which reads:

ASSAULT VICTIM IN HOSPITAL
Last night Jane Doe was brutally attacked blah blah blah blah blah blah etc.
icerose
06-07-2009, 08:12 PM
INSERT - COMPUTER SCREEN

"Blah blah blah blah."

BACK TO SCENE
wordmonkey
06-08-2009, 02:05 AM
Oops.

Yeah, I forgot to add the...
BACK TO SCENE
...bit at the end.
padnar
06-08-2009, 10:50 AM
gee!Thanks for yur wonderful suggestions .
Padma
Team 2012
06-09-2009, 07:47 AM
"On the computer screen, graphics reveal a downswing for the Democrats"

"The computer screen slowly types out a message.

ONSCREEN
Your computer is trying to kill you."



There is seldom any need to get fancy and start calling out camera angles and such.

Just say what's happening.
wordmonkey
06-09-2009, 07:41 PM
There is seldom any need to get fancy and start calling out camera angles and such.

Just say what's happening.

Good advice for a spec script. I just finished a draft of a script that was further a long than a spec, so I was in that mind set.

If this is just you at the moment and you're gonna be trying to find a home for it after, Team's advice is probably safer.
padnar
06-11-2009, 01:05 PM
I never write camera angles because I don't know anything about
it . However for screen writing I have a wonderful mentor and I can say
I know the ABC of screen writing . However I know I have a long way to go
as I still tell than show.
padma
RainbowDragon
06-12-2009, 09:41 AM
Padma, that's good -- spec scripts read better without any camera angles.

As for show vs. tell, when editing, you can look specifically for tells ("Fred feels sad") and replace them with shows ("Fred sighs and rests his chin on the heel of his hand"). If you do a pass just for that you can probably replace most of them, though some are elusive of course :)
padnar
06-15-2009, 01:50 PM
Hi,
Thanks Rainbow dragon for your tips . I am getting a bit better
padma