Professional Job Role- SCRIPT/SCREEN WRITER
The role of the script/screen writer will need to do the following tasks:
- Describing the stories in
detail, including physical environments and the moods of the characters.
- Produce a synopsis and
several scenes of a story
- Preparing a shooting
script. The shooting script entails camera, lighting and shot instructions
- During the pre production
process, I must take into account the ideas of my group members and put
their thoughts into words.
- I may have to rewrite or
make various versions of the scripts we are working on.
- Following a specific format of the while writing.
Every screenplay and teleplay begins with a thought or idea, and
screenwriters use those ideas to write scripts, with the intention of
selling them and having them produced. The majority of the time, a film project gets initiated by a
screenwriter and because they initiated the project, the writing
assignment exclusively becomes his or hers. These are referred to as "exclusive" assignments or "pitched"
assignments. Screenwriters who often pitch new projects, whether
original or an adaptation, often do not have to worry about competing
for assignments and are often more successful. When word is put out
about a project a film studio, production company,
or producer wants done, these are referred to as "open" assignments.
Open assignments are more competitive. In situations where screenwriters
are competing for an open assignment, more established writers will
usually win these assignments. A screenwriter can also be approached and
personally offered a writing assignment.
