So, I'm trying to write a screenplay (I consider it an adaptation, but since I'll most likely never publish it and it's based on a pre-existing franchise, it's basically a glorified fanfiction), but I've done what any beginner screenwriter shouldn't do: I'm going way too long and way too in-depth.
I started off trying to write a basic spec script, but I just can't bring myself to stick to that. I'd like to think I'm a visionary director at heart, and as customary for visionary directors, I think about the visuals first. I've been writing down every little detail that I think is the slightest bit important, every action and word spoken, every extra interacted with, and every single "important" camera angle and long-take action shot (which there's a lot of).
At times, I feel like I need to bring someone in after I've written this monstrously thick shooting script of 200 pages (so far) to slim it down by a hundred pages to make it more presentable. How do I get around this when visuals are the main thing I think about? Should I bring someone else in more focused on a story and what's really important when writing for other people?
I started off trying to write a basic spec script, but I just can't bring myself to stick to that. I'd like to think I'm a visionary director at heart, and as customary for visionary directors, I think about the visuals first. I've been writing down every little detail that I think is the slightest bit important, every action and word spoken, every extra interacted with, and every single "important" camera angle and long-take action shot (which there's a lot of).
At times, I feel like I need to bring someone in after I've written this monstrously thick shooting script of 200 pages (so far) to slim it down by a hundred pages to make it more presentable. How do I get around this when visuals are the main thing I think about? Should I bring someone else in more focused on a story and what's really important when writing for other people?