Screenwriting Fundamentals

Our first lesson introduces how this site works to help you to enjoy and improve writing your movie scripts.

Before we launch into a look at various techniques and popular methods for structuring and writing film scripts, we will take a higher level look at what exactly is a film?

This lessons is a primer on the basic building blocks of films, breaking a film down into acts, sequences, scenes, shots and frames.

A good theme forms a solid foundation for a film, and is worth understanding how this relates to you film, so you know what you are trying to express.

You can usually tell if you might enjoy a film based purely on the film's genre. Therefore it is worth spending some time thinking about how this relates to your script.

An idea for a film can come from anywhere - so make sure you are tuned in to spot the good ones.

Story ideas can come from anywhere. This lesson helps to develop your awarness of them.

Each writer has their own particular way of creating a screenplay. This lessons investigates some of the most common approaches to getting a screenplay together.

The three act structure has gained a near mythical status amongst screenwriters and directors. Not to be confused with a formula for fixing a bad story or a creativity substitute, the three act structure offers a good model for thinking about how you can structure your story.