Looking for short film scripts for students on a budget? As in, “I need short film scripts for class”? I can help. I have short scripts available quickly, easily, and (some of them) free. Here are the free short film screenplays on my site, downloadable as PDFs for use in your class …
OK, you’re looking for short film ideas. Maybe you’re just looking for good loglines, a premise from which you will write your own film screenplay. Just a few lines of description and that’s all you need to get started, right? Ideas for a short film: my list of log lines. Use …
As frequent readers of this blog will know, I’ve got a book length collection of short screenplays for short films. People ask me from time to time, “What kinds of film genres and scenarios do your short scripts include?” Here is the exhaustive (and somewhat annotated) list. The links take you to blog …
Traditionally, screenwriters make money if someone produces a project from the writer’s script. They are paid by the script (or draft, in some circles), and the dollar figure runs $5,000 to $50,000 as a general rule. My business model is different for the screenplays in this book. The way these …
Professional screenwriters expect their scripts to be rewritten. It’s a time-honored process. In feature films, the typical script goes through several rewrites, by several different writers. In TV writing, the process is collaborative – several people get into a room, order Chinese food, and hash out every line together. I’ve …
Working Title of the Script: “Radcliffe” Logline: This science fiction short film is set in outer space. It’s really about isolation and loneliness and being separated from the world. Locations: 7 or 8. Casting: 2 actors, 1 actress, 1 actor or actress, “various” miscellaneous persons-in-the-background, a voice over. This low …