“Detritus!” Lets start.

Now that we’ve revealed the concept and plot(Over coming the monster) for, Detritus, it’s time to start our screenplay. I have to tell you I am both very excited and scared at the same time. What a reverent responsibility it is to be given the opportunity to create a complete screenplay for motion picture.

First thing, get into the right mind. Chill out, go to that place in your imagination where this movie is taking place and begin crafting the hell out of it.

the 12 steps of screenwriting. A screenwriters algorithm

Tone is step 3 of the twelve steps.

TONE. This is where I am going to decide what I want to resonate in the overall narrative.

Tone, is revealed in the, “Wordrobe,” “Make-up,” “Set-design,” “Locations,” “Vehicles,” “Technology,(cell-phones)” “Antiquity.” Tone is the, look and feel.

Tone, is revealed in the, dialogue, vernacular, accents, the weight & delivery of the words.

Tone, is “seen,” in the Action. What we actually see what the characters do in each scene.

NOTE; ACTION, “Show me don’t tell me.”

When reading a screenplay we become the, “audience.” We see in our imagination the movie about the screenplay we’re reading. That’s powerful.

Action can be what happens in nature; hurricanes, floods, earthquake, stampede, snake-bite, etc.

“People actions” are, what people do, or what is done to them. Like, “blinking, ” or a, “wink,” a “shoulder-shrug,” “crack your knuckles,” “pick your nose,” “ride a bicycle,” “intimacy,” “car-crash,” “throw a ball,” “hold hand in hands,” “eat,” “sleep.”

Great Action, is the mastery of storytelling. This is where we see the reveals, story development. It’s found in the little things as well as the big things, “a twitch,” “hiccups,” “a kiss,” “swag,” “being stiff,” or “giddy,” “nervous,” “boisterous,” “calm,” “Our mind narrates the story through the characters actions we see the story in the present, scene to scene.

Tone, is present in all four throughlines, “the overall story” which runs through every character and every scene. Through their general societal attitudes, behaviors and communication the audience learns what the story is about. What they wear, the cars they drive, technology, the music they listen too or don’t. All of this generates a, “Tone.”

Note.

Tomorrow we introduce the protagonist, (the main character) the antagonist(impact character) and overall characters as the story begins.