Interactive sketch pad. Yoann Lemoine. A Tripod-On-Skates Lets Amateurs Pull Off Hollywood-Quality Camera Moves. What’s the difference between a compelling, immersive short film and a throwaway piece of sub-viral crap?
Not video resolution: nowadays, when every cat-filming schmoe has an HD video camera in his smartphone and the DSLR revolution has unleashed a tsunami of bokeh onto Vimeo.com, you need more than sharp pictures and good lenses to make an impact. According to Justin Jensen, an engineer-cum-amateur photographer/filmmaker who studied Computational Photography at the MIT Media Lab, "I realized that video quality is no longer limited by resolution, but instead by stabilization. " In other words, you need smooth camera movement to give your vids that juicy sheen of production value. FilmmakerIQ.com. Mindfuck Movies list - StumbleUpon. The DIY Filmmaker's Toolkit - StumbleUpon. Screenplay Basics - Scripped.
A Scripped Compendium by Johnathan Carr Traditional storytelling recounts past events, whereas screenwriting is locked in the present - thus you may not deviate from PRESENT TENSE.
You may also be tempted to describe every inch of the world you're creating - don't! Take comfort in the idea that a screenplay is not meant to have any literary value.