
This was taken from my Great Notebook of Confusion.
I guess you could call this concept art. I get stuck when I write over too many consecutive days, but with the deadline of the first draft of Act 1 due Wednesday, I can't really give my brain rest days. I think the best way for me to be able to read over the same 30 pages of screenplay without tricking myself into not reading (skimming my eyes over the words) is to have something visual to go with each scene. This way I can attempt reading Scene 2 for the 18,297,950th time, but even if I don't really let it play out, I'll have the image to refer to. I'll know what I need to be seeing.
I have a seriously hard time rereading the same scenes over and over and remembering to put the mental image in my mind as I read. I wonder if other screenwriters have that problem, or are most writers' memories good enough that they don't have to constantly reread their own stuff to remember what they wrote, and how it flowed, and what it "looked like".
I was going to go fishing in Google Images for photos that relate somewhat to each scene, but there's really no better way to give yourself a mental idea of what you want to get out of each scene than drawing it yourself.
Too bad it's a road film and I can't draw cars.
No comments:
Post a Comment