How to Write Action Descriptions in Screenplays
Action description is a part of screenplay in which there is no dialogue or anything which is required to open the scene. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to write it.
You must possess highly creative skills to make your action descriptions special for the audience. Moreover, you should have perfect command on your writing so as to explain your action description efficiently. If you are looking forward to write a good action description for your movie, you can take help from the given steps.
Things required:
– Actions To Describe
– Pen
– Paper
– Screenwriting Software
Instructions
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First of all, you have to create a setting in which your action description will occur. You must try to make your whole setting unique so as to make it different from the routine description. Do your homework efficiently. It is extremely important for you not to copy any person’s work. However, you can take inspiration from other people’s work.
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You must be brief in writing your description and you don’t have to tell big stories to convince anybody. Your work must speak for itself.
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Character development is very crucial to make your description special. You must develop character which are very well suited for the whole description. Usually, it is the toughest part in description writing as you have to make a thorough analysis of every character and its characteristics so as to find the right match for the whole description. The success or failure of your description depends on its affiliation with the character and how it is being executed as well.
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Readers lose their attention if the paragraph is longer than three to four lines. Therefore, you must keep your script as concise as possible and don’t write more than two lines in a paragraph.
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You must know that you will have to underline or capitalise the words or sentences which have some importance in your description. Besides, try to avoid the use of exclamation marks.
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You should only write what you can easily present on the big screen. There must be some explicit meaning of the description so that the viewers can understand your message.
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Don’t ever use the phrase ‘We see’ as it creates an impression of an outsider in your description.
