Comments on: Dictionary for Filmmakers and Screenwriters

By: admin

admin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:08:22 +0000

Assita — Hello. For your answer, please read this article:
Do I Need an Agent?
http://www.screenwritingforhollywood.com/connections/do-i-need-an-agent

Rameshraju — I have not seen OB. Maybe someone else can tell us. Usually O stands for “Off”… B = ? Maybe it was a mis-typed letter? Maybe it was supposed to be OS? For Off Screen.

By: Assita

Assita — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:47:35 +0000

I do you get an agent?

By: rameshraju

rameshraju — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:54:12 +0000

what is full form of O.B in dialogue version of movie script?

By: jaden

jaden — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:44:40 +0000

Steve — For me, I am compelled to write, I can’t help myself. I write all the time because I enjoy doing it. If you don’t love it and don’t have to do it, then your chances of succeeding at it reduce in an already difficult field. Write because you love to write, not because you expect to make a million bucks, as those chances are of course very slim. If you love to write, it doesn’t matter what anyone has to say about it.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:42:30 +0000

I have been very interested in writing screenplays for a long time. I have mentioned this aspiation to some people and they were so pessimistic about it ever bcoming a reality.
They all had the same excuse that thousands of people attempt and only a handfull ever make it. I am not naive i know it will be difficult but is it worth spending x amount of years trying to make it as a writer???

By: Jaden

Jaden — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:58:09 +0000

Stanley — ECU means Extreme Close-Up I believe. For instance, Close-up would just mean showing the person’s face or hand, whereas ECU would be all the way zoomed in on a booger in the nose or a bug crawling on the hand.
Thanks for the good question.

By: STANLEY ASSOR JNR.

STANLEY ASSOR JNR. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:59:01 +0000

what is ECU?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:22:07 +0000

Jose, I don’t understand what you are seeking?

Maybe this ?

Scene Heading:
INT. HAUNTED HOUSE — NIGHT

Scene Description / Action area:
Timmy enters the Haunted House and peels through thick webs. A skeleton falls on him.

Character Name:
TIMMY

Parenthetical:
(scared)

Dialog:
AAaaaah, get me out of here!

Looks like this in a script:

INT. HAUNTED HOUSE — NIGHT
Timmy enters the Haunted House and peels through thick webs. A skeleton falls on him.

TIMMY
(scared)
AAaaaah, get me out of here!

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:30:04 +0000

Im new at this, therefore i dont know the technicism to describe each of my scenes. Do you know a website that would giveme the technical words.
Thank you

By: admin

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:05 +0000

Hi Jason,

No, screenwriting / film would not be the best study for you if you are into songs and poems.

For you, I would say English Literature and maybe Music Theory, or something like that would be more appropriate.