So I am sitting here running through my script in my head and decide to put it on paper...well technically speaking the computer but you get it. I am still trying to get the basics of the formatting and I apologize if this is in the wrong place. It will be easier if I post the part I am having trouble with. This is supposed to be a political thriller...and is based off the Islamabad incident in November 1979. Here is some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_U.S._Embassy_Burning_in_Islamabad
Of course its Wikipedia and it fails to mention that the embassy was being used by the CIA. No it isn't some conspiracy theory...I read the first chapter of "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll and that is when I first learned about it. Long story short the story the news spun wasn't the truth but its politics..what do you expect? So this is going to be set in...lets say 2003ish? or even 2008 if you want. And the same as the historical event it will be in Islamabad, Pakistan. Now onto the formatting and writing process.
I basically envisioned the opening scene as this: The camera slowly goes between the rows of worshipers in a mosque. Of course it has dramatic and slow music at first and you can hear the prayers. The camera continues to a doorway and then proceeds out to the perimeter of the mosque. Suddenly the camera cuts quickly to a first person view of someone sprinting towards the mosque. (Shaky effect and all of that stuff including heavy breathing, ect.) it then cuts back to a worshiper exiting the mosque. It goes back to the 1st person view and shows the man getting beaten with the butt of an AK-47 (or 74, 101 heck even a PKM if you want) Camera goes back inside and shows men rushing inside armed with guns and roughing up the frightened and shock worshipers. Outside you can see the gates being closed and blocked off. Second later the camera goes away from the mosque but you can here gunshots and maybe some screaming.
Sorry for the wall of text but that is my idea for the opening scene. Now here is the example of what I have so far:
INT. MOSQUE - NOON
Camera slowly moves between two rows of worshipers during Salat (prayer). Camera moves to doorway and out to the perimeter of the mosque. Camera cuts to first person view of person sprinting towards the mosque. One of the worshipers exiting the building appears and is knocked out.
For the most part there isn't much talking except for the shouting of the gunmen and maybe the prayers. But I noticed that I used camera a lot...and I am guessing that is wrong? That is the primary concern so far and could someone help me out?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_U.S._Embassy_Burning_in_Islamabad
Of course its Wikipedia and it fails to mention that the embassy was being used by the CIA. No it isn't some conspiracy theory...I read the first chapter of "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll and that is when I first learned about it. Long story short the story the news spun wasn't the truth but its politics..what do you expect? So this is going to be set in...lets say 2003ish? or even 2008 if you want. And the same as the historical event it will be in Islamabad, Pakistan. Now onto the formatting and writing process.
I basically envisioned the opening scene as this: The camera slowly goes between the rows of worshipers in a mosque. Of course it has dramatic and slow music at first and you can hear the prayers. The camera continues to a doorway and then proceeds out to the perimeter of the mosque. Suddenly the camera cuts quickly to a first person view of someone sprinting towards the mosque. (Shaky effect and all of that stuff including heavy breathing, ect.) it then cuts back to a worshiper exiting the mosque. It goes back to the 1st person view and shows the man getting beaten with the butt of an AK-47 (or 74, 101 heck even a PKM if you want) Camera goes back inside and shows men rushing inside armed with guns and roughing up the frightened and shock worshipers. Outside you can see the gates being closed and blocked off. Second later the camera goes away from the mosque but you can here gunshots and maybe some screaming.
Sorry for the wall of text but that is my idea for the opening scene. Now here is the example of what I have so far:
INT. MOSQUE - NOON
Camera slowly moves between two rows of worshipers during Salat (prayer). Camera moves to doorway and out to the perimeter of the mosque. Camera cuts to first person view of person sprinting towards the mosque. One of the worshipers exiting the building appears and is knocked out.
For the most part there isn't much talking except for the shouting of the gunmen and maybe the prayers. But I noticed that I used camera a lot...and I am guessing that is wrong? That is the primary concern so far and could someone help me out?