How the Writers of "A Quiet Place" Broke Almost Every Screenwriting Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFFKUt5Kn8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFFKUt5Kn8
The problem is that professional studios or agents won't accept your script if you have a script like that, but it would be nice if that "cold" screenplay format change. Images, bold, underlined, font size, if used properly can add deeper understanding of the plot. But again, if you need such tricks to convey the meaning.. Pfff.. I don't know..
Maybe this explains why the actual plot/script/story of this movie sucked? It makes sense now.
Originally Posted by Kaiborg
Maybe this explains why the actual plot/script/story of this movie sucked? It makes sense now.
I liked the movie, but I haven't read the script, but I would think the script would look much like a normal script, with dialogue blocks and all. It's not like they didn't speak, they just spoke with sign language. So you would need what was being said in sign language to be blocked out as dialogue:
JOE
(signing; subtitled)
Do you know sign language?
or you'd call out at the beginning of the script that all characters are signing subtitled dialogue unless otherwise noted.