5 Quick Screenwriting Tips
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
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So, are you telling me that life is mean to me because I’m the perfect protagonist of my own story? Wow
i’m in film school, and i’ve taken real courses on screenwriting, but this video pretty much sums it up. so why am i at university when i have jack howard?
nEPOTISM
Great advice mate.
Cheers Jack x
Jack and other Jack. Ha.
I am not a writer but of course I shall still watch this video, because jack
I really like the advice that flips the "write what you know" thing to become "know what you write" -- like, write whatever you want, but research it so you're not writing it clumsily without being informed
"are you torturing your characters enough?"
*rereads the project i'm stuck on*
oh...
That example about Marlin in Finding Nemo is absolutely perfect and gave me immediate inspiration to make one of my own characters much more compelling. Thank you!
Jack just explained what took my english teacher 3 months to teach. What's better is that he used shrek as THE ONLY example for all of these tips. I watched shrek 3 times in those months.
Looking forward to your analysis of "Little Miss Sunshine" 😍
oh my god YES, *PLEASE* talk about little miss sunshine. it's probably my favorite film, i love it so much. also this video was so lovely!! thank you so much for making it! you did a great job condensing big ideas into simple points that make intuitive sense.
I wish Chris Chibnall (aka the new doctor who show runner) listened to “show don’t tell”. Great video once again Jack!
HELLO FELLOW WHOVIAN I AGREE WITH YOU
Yes
Blows my mind how he did this so well in Broadchurch and yet in Doctor Who it's almost the opposite
Jasmine A if you want good writing advice the Writer’s Tale by Russel T Davis is very good and it’s Doctor Who too 😊
Chris Chibnal who?
"Are you torturing your characters enough? Be mean to them" is quite literally the best writing tip when it comes to creating characters that make sense and connect with the audience/reader
very helpful! i do developmental book editing and honestly this can totally apply to prose as well - especially what you say about protagonists and “writing what you know.”
Im Trying to be a writer and I don't think I've ever clicked on a notification so fast 😂
Please do a series on screenwriting! this is so interesting and i love the way you explain things!
"Anything with an Er?"
May I suggest... Murderer.
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what about wa**er or water
I finished my Masters in Creative Writing and I just love watching Jack’s videos on writing. These videos feel like discussions but I never have to say anything, I just find myself nodding.
I honestly think all the years you've spent creating amazing content ABSOLUTELY gives you the right to give writing advice 😂😂
Cheers Elizabeth :)
Not a filmmaker or writer or anything like that, but movies and stories like Finding Nemo are why I easily gravitate towards animated films and TV shows just as much as live-action, and why I don't understand people that go "but it's a caRTOOON SO IT'S FOR KIDS?!??!" Like just because the target audience for a piece of media is younger doesn't mean the content is not good.
Great video Jack, hope you're staying well x
Yes Jack! Little Miss Sunshine is my favorite film. I am so excited for the analysis video.
Great tips, Jack! Still keen/excited for/waiting for your little miss sunshine video - love that filmmmmm
YES. Please do this as a series, I want to hear more~
THANK YOU! I have just started my journey into Writing screenplays and this is awesome
This is really helpful for my film coursework, thank you Jack
Brilliant video with quality content as always. I can’t wait to watch your Little Miss Sunshine video. Such a special film.
this is...exactly what I needed. thank you so much
Cannot wait for the Little Miss Sunshine video - I adore everything about that film!
Absolutely loved this jack, so helpful! Thank you☺️
This advice seems like it very much would apply to prose and I can’t wait to use this for my next uni assignment
loved this! looking forward to the video on little miss sunshine ☀️
Thank you Jack! I just started a playwriting class and am nervous and excited for it. Excited to create, but nervous because I've not written many stories before let alone plays! I think all these tips can be applied to all writing! I will defiantly be coming back to remind myself of these tips! What you said made a lot of sense. I just need to go practice now!
Reminded me of my old English teacher back in my sophomore year. Great advice!
Absolutely amazing and so informative, I'm just a Yr 10 GCSE student and I found this to be so helpful with my English literature, thank you and keep up the good work Jack.
I love you’re writing man
Love scriptwriting (apart from the technicalities of layout and all the rest of its so complicated help) and this has given me quite a few cool ideas of how I could develop some of my characters and stories, thanks Jack!
This was so well done Jack, thank you!
i will be watching this over and over, this is incredibly helpful
This is absolutely perfect. At Confetti we've just been given a writing task like an hour ago!
ooh this got me inspired to write and brainstorm new ideas!! have loved following along on your writing/directing/filmmaking journey jack - i’ve got a lot of similar interests plus i just think you’re a funny dude haha. so thanks for letting us!
THANK YOU!! THANK. YOU. THIS VIDEO IS SO HELPFUL! I FORGOT TO TURN CAPS OFF AND NOW I'M JUST GONNA KEEP IT LIKE THIS. THANK YOU!
am i torturing my characters enough? yeah, maybe a little too much.
Yeah same here-
Thanks for this jack. I thought I was going to quit writing but after watching this maybe I should give it at least one more try
now THIS is a good video. been wanting to write a screenplay during the summer and my gap year, so thanks for the final push. omw to my notepad!
Really appreciate your insightful videos and this one was very informative. Thank you, Jack!
Thanks for watching, Ruth :)
You talking about filmmaking is literally my favourite thing. This video confirmed that again
Hey Jack, thank you for this video, I think I really needed it
love your content jack!
I love Little Miss Sunshine for the same reasons, would be awesome to see a full breakdown from you!
This is so helpful! THANK YOu for making this video 💜
so so ready for that little miss sunshine analysis yes pleeeease
thank you for this!!!
Releasing this the day before July NaNoWriMo is very timely of you 😅 time to get motivated to write!
omg i can't believe you mentioned that episode of scriptnotes, it changed my LIFE - it's the best source for how to write a movie ever made no cap
I love your videos Jack! Thanks for the advice!
the thought of all the thoughts that went into the story of finding nemo just gave me goosebumps
great video! a lot of the points you touched upon in in the book Invisible Ink. one of my absolute favourite books on writing if anyones looking for recs!
i love these informative videos! I'm an aspiring writer, however i like to focus on novels as well as screenwriting, i think that the film vision when writing something that isnt in film is really interesting too, so all of this I'd like to apply to that. In a way when writing I know it's very unlikely for a movie to be adapted from it, so I write in a novel format. Just something interesting I thought on this :)
I'd add "try to give your characters the best introduction possible, so that they stick in the mind of the audience." Give your audience an image that not only tells them who the character is, but one that also makes them memorable. Again, the Joker in Dark Knight is a brilliant example, but the one I will always point to is Miss Havisham in Great Expectations... Pip enters her crumbling old mansion and in one of the rooms, which is dark and full of stale old wedding cake, he finds this crazy looking old lady in a rotten wedding dress. It says it all about her.
Great video! Might you be able to do a video explaining the practical, formatting side of script writing? Things like the layout with dialogue versus description, sluglines, scene changes/length, how to make dialogue realistic and how to make characters come to life? Really interested in your writing process!😊
thanks jack this is acc super useful!!
You know, I’ve actually been writing (or slowly trying to write) a tv script and this came at a weirdly perfect time to give me the push I needed today.
Also, that’s a great shirt. Looks great.
Have you seen the HBO show Barry? Bill Hader is a genius. That’s all I could think about during this. Great thoughts!
I'm don't usually comment on videos, but O M G this video is going in my favorites. It sums up everything so well and Jack's videos, in general, have helped me open my eyes to taking in films differently. (in a good way) I would LOVE to see a video analysis on Little Miss Sunshine
I like this. More of these types of videos, please!
I really needed this
Yesss do a whole video about little miss sunshine!!
loveeeee this stuff!
I'm in the middle of editing the book I'm trying to write, and I definitely had to rework the plot after the first draft because of the lack of conflict past a certain point. I'm going to apply your advice to my work so I can try and make it the best it can be!
Challenge accepted - Time travel vampire romance coming up
I’d like to put my name in the hat to direct
Definitely make more like this!
Yessss Little Miss Sunshine is my fave 🖤
We need more Jack and Dean shorts you lazy man.
Also, thank you for the great tips.
Gosh, man you`re amazing
U helped so a lot
This makes me feel happy! 😄
never stop making videos shesh. also, please do movie reviews as often as you like ✨👏🏻
Hey Jack, I just wanted to say I support you and Love you ❣️love you,tim and sammy as well x3
Is Jack Howard's arch just slowly becoming a Light Squidge.
(As apposed to Dark Squidge)
Thank you
Only took 7 minutes and 27 seconds to single handedly save what I thought was the end to my interest in film. I literally just wrote a short film idea after watching this and now I'm excited to make films again wtf Jack
God this is a great video, how am I only just watching it 🤦🏻♀️ suuuuuuper helpful thanks! Also, great shirt, big fan.
Just started to write my first script so this arrived at the perfect time!
every time I watch a video by you it makes me wanna go out and make a movie right at this second lol. so thank you :)
How in Hylia’s name has Jack just single handedly cured my writer’s block???
I don't do anything like this but honestly this was so interesting to watch
Little miss sunshine is my absolute fav movie!
another winner. Thanks.
Good stuff. And I say it as a filmschool dropout and frustrated... everything 🤣
Not a film writer or director but I love videos like this
Very helpful!
More like this. Not sure why I wasn't subbed, but I am now!
Just watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time. Thank you.
Before this, I got an ad for Spike Lee's masterclass. Between that an this video, it has really inspired me. Makes me remember my acting classes and things I had forgot about.
Would love to see the breakdown of little miss sunshine, childhood favourite!
I need to start writing my novels.
Jack your hair and scruff are on point bro.
Jack, I know you said that this is really only for screenwriting, but I really fucking appreciate it for my novels. It made me think a lot, so thank you!
For real tho very helpful thank you ❤
I'm too much imagination and not enough why or how and it's the why or how that makes writing hard for me
I’d love to see an analysis of little miss sunshine, one of my favourite films
6:08 I haven't seen Finding Nemo in well over 10 years, is that really how it starts?? Sweet baby Jesus
Yes to Little Miss Sunshine video 🌞