thefilmfatale:What’s Wrong with Your Screenplay? An InfographicThe scriptreader listed 37 frequently

thefilmfatale:What’s Wrong with Your Screenplay? An InfographicThe scriptreader listed 37 frequently occurring problems, here are the top 20:The story begins too late in the scriptThe scenes are void of meaningful conflictThe script has a by-the-numbers executionThe story is too thinThe villains are cartoonish, evil-for-the-sake-of-evilThe character logic is muddyThe female part is underwrittenThe narrative falls into a repetitive patternThe conflict is inconsequential, flash-in-the-panThe protagonist is a standard issue heroThe script favors style over substanceThe ending is completely anti-climacticThe characters are all stereotypesThe script suffers from arbitrary complexityThe script goes off the rails in the third actThe script’s questions are left unansweredThe story is a string of unrelated vignettesThe plot unravels through convenience/contrivanceThe script is tonally confusedThe protagonist is not as strong as [he or she needs to] beIn a way, while the information about script problems is helpful, there’s a ton more information included here. Like the fact that 270 of the scripts were written by male writer(s). Or that only 2 scripts took place in outer space. Or that the most common location for these films-in-waiting was “some anonymous small town,” which just narrowly edged out its exact opposite, a place called “New York City.”So here’s to more space, less anonymous small towns.via io9 and CoCreate -- source link

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