Mister Line Editor
Mister Line Editor
  • Proofreading and Editing Services
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Children's Books
  • Customer Reviews
  • Contact Me
  • Proofreading and Editing Services
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Children's Books
  • Customer Reviews
  • Contact Me

Five Tips for Writing Sci-Fi Screenplay

7/30/2015

0 Comments

 
FilmScriptWriting.Com reports:

"Sci-[f]i has a strong cult following, and when it captures the imagination a franchise...can make literally billions of dollars. That is why [s]ci-[f]i scripts are often in mind for a big summer blockbuster. Like all genres there are some specific guides you need to follow and things you need to research. Before planning to write a sci-fi screenplay read through the following points and you’ll have a strong idea of the work you have in front of you...At the centre [sic] of most sci-fi scripts is the concept of good vs. evil and that good will always triumph. This is often focused in on as an evil government, empire or organisation [sic] which is [led] by an evil tyrant who wants to mould [sic] the world in his own image. To combat this force there is always a group of rebels with a leader who is honest and true. These 'total opposites' are often bonded together by a shared characteristic or belief. It could be that they both wish to save the world, [and] they just have a different idea of how to go about it...To write a good sci-fi screenplay you have to have a strong ability to 'world build'. It’s most likely that the world in which your story [takes place] is quite different from the world we live in today. There could be space travel, alien beings, matter transporters and worldwide unity. On the other hand it could be a gloomy [post-nuclear] holocaust future with little food, mutant people and a corrupt government. There’s so many directions you can take this in and details to think about...You might have a race of ignorant, violent and untrustworthy aliens but it can be an interesting twist to have a member of this race be an intelligent thinker who is extremely loyal and a friend of your main protagonist. This can lead to conflict between the leaders of the alien race who see this outsider as an abomination of the species who must be dealt with while the main protagonist might lose confidence in their loyalty after a failed mission...[Sci-fi allows you to] make friends and companions out of types of people/beings that you wouldn’t normally see together...It’s fun to watch [two] opposites interact, the differences of opinion they have and the type of conflict this can create...[T]ry to take into consideration that if you want to sell this screenplay then someone has to pay for it. You can help trim the potential budget of turning your screenplay into a [feature-length] film by using locations more than once, keeping the number of main characters down and not cramming in scene after scene of expensive CGI [computer-generated imagery]...[Y]ou still need to follow the tried and tested guidelines of structure. Hopefully these ideas and concepts will help you in writing your sci-fi script and maybe, just maybe, you’ll come up with the next blockbuster franchise."
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    Writing and editing can be pretty rigorous processes if you want to do them well, but that's what this page is here for. Check out the latest tips here.

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    J.D. Parsons
    Author
    SEO Writer
    Proofreader
    Editor
    Internet Researcher
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.