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LIVIN

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No hypotheticals here - personal experience only please.

You either fall in one of three categories.

1) You've made movies and, therefore, have some kind of understanding of how words translate to cinematic image. Thus, this helps you create a more visual screenplay.

OR You haven't made movies AND

2) You've watched a movie AND read a corresponding screenplay. Thus, learned the visual aspect in this manner.

OR

3) You've not done 1 or 2. So, if you fall into this category, from your personal experience only, how do you know how to make your screenplay visual?
 

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I don't understand your hypothetical member of set #3. Someone who has never read a screenplay, or seen a movie - who wants to WRITE a screenplay? Doesn't seem like there are any living members.

Or is your question 'how do you describe a scene'? Whether you're telling the story verbally, or writing it down?

A screenplay is a very distinct format for visual description. Just as a sonnet is a very distinct format for creating a type of poetry.

But the poet's voice, is his own.
 

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To clarify, for number 3, you can have watched movies and read screenplays, but not read the screenplay and watched the same movie, to determine how a screenplay is visualized.

I ask because I feel like there are some "aspiring screenwriters" that fall into category 3 and I wonder how they think they can write visually for cinema.
 

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Ah - My misunderstanding. You are searching for people who have never seen a movie for a script they have actually read, either before or after viewing it... and are currently writing scripts based on their experience of having watched numerous films, and read numerous scripts.
 

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I've also done 1 and 2. Granted, I only made a couple of short films as a part of my uni film course and a part of a competition. It was enough for me to realize my place belongs in just writing, but I believe it also helped me make my scripts more visual as you say.