How To Write A Short Film Screenplay (6 MUST KNOW POINTS!)

Writing a Short film may seem easy, but there are a lot of underlying points to keep in mind before conceiving an idea for the screenplay. Most people think that a short film is simply a smaller version of a feature film, but in fact there’s much more to a short film than what meets the eye.
In this episode, I talk about the 6 CRUCIAL Points you MUST KNOW, before you start writing your short film screenplay.
0:22 - #1 The Shorter, The Better
1:17 - #2 It’s the Event that Matters
2:07 - #3 Concept Is Greater Than Scenes
3:01 - #4 Write Pragmatically Within Limits
4:15 - #5 Twist In The End?
5:06 - #6 Never Forget The Visual Element
The various shorts mentioned in the video are:
Sebastian’s Voodoo, The Funeral, Apricot, Whiplash, Octopodi, Shiny.
About Sab John:
The facilitator, Mr Sab John Edathattil is an Indian Screenwriter, Script Consultant and Story Coach. He has more than 30 years of screenwriting experience and 30 plus filmed screenplays to his credit. He had penned characters for veteran actors like Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Thilakan, Nassar, Girish Karnad, Raghuvaran, Charuhasan, Jagathy, Suriya, Urvashi, Gauthami, Jyothika, Urmila Matondkar etc.
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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Sir, Do a video about how to write character's correct emotions in a script

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Sir can you do a video about writing dialogues for a short film?

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Moving picture with proper elements.

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