They say you have to learn to walk before you learn to fly.
so, here i am taking my first steps in screen writing.
There is a lot of this crap on the internet saying
how things were, how things are supposed to be and how
things will be. I'll change em all but to get the intial
million dollar production i got to "do the Roman".

Groud Rules
Keywords : Slugline:
This is where the writer sets up the scene, fixes the time of the
day ( may mean a disaster if the production guys find it infeasible )
this may change a 100 times if the writer is not the director
for instance imagine a production in California Summer heat that needs a
EXT snowy winter morning
It's gonna cost a lot of bucks to create such a set :p.
Let's hit the rock bottom and copy some text from the internet


SLUGLINE:

THIS ELEMENT ESTABLISHES
LOCATION, TIME OF DAY AND, OCCASIONALLY,
OTHER EFFECTS SUCH AS INSERT, MONTAGE
OR FADE IN.

INT. SMALL COURTROOM - DAY

ACTION:

THIS ELEMENT INCLUDES ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF CHARACTERS, APPEARANCES, LOCATIONS, EVENTS AND ACTIONS. REMEMBER - YOU CAN ONLY INCLUDE IN ACTION WHAT CAN BE SEEN. FILM IS A STRICTLY VISUAL MEDIUM. YOU CANNOT INCLUDE OMNISCIENT ( Essentially means no fictional metaphorical crap )NARRATION IN ACTION.


A late middle aged JUDGE stares at sets of papers before him with sad, sincere eyes. Before him sit David and his lawyer on one side, with Jennifer and her lawyer on the opposite side of the aisle.
JUDGE
Blah Blah Blah
ACTION:
JUDGE ( Cont'd )
WHEN DIALOGUE IS INTERRUPTED BY ACTION, THE CHARACTER'S NAME SHOULD WEAR A "CONT'D."
My heart goes out to both of you for the loss of young Eddie.
(beat)
PARENTHETICAL: THIS ELEMENT SHOULD SUGGEST A READ FOR THE SPECIFIC LINE OF DIALOGUE FOLLOWING IT. A WRITER CAN SUGGEST EMPHASIS, EMOTION OR PACING. THESE SHOULD BE USED SPARINGLY AS DIRECTORS AND ACTORS RARELY APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTIONS.

CUT TO:


source:http://www.screenwritingsecrets.com/script-format-sample.html

(:p it's a crazy country people can sue you for using their toilet )

Trigger:
Watching the Director's comments and making of the "Signs"
day - 20th Oct 2005 ' I turned 22 '

why him ?

What can be more inspiring, than to see a indian born Director
living your dream..!
Some TRIVIA: ( http://imdb.com)

Born in India but raised in posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, the son of two doctors. Had a very early passion for filmmaking when given a Super-8 camera by age 8, modeling his career, even at that young age, to hero Steven Spielberg. His first film, 'Praying with Anger' was based somewhat on his own trip back to visit the India of his birth. This critical success was achieved as Shyamalan raised all the necessary funds in this project which he starred in, directed, produced. "Wide Awake." the second film which he wrote and directed, was actually shot in the Phila.-area Catholic school he once attended, which his parents sent him to for its strict discipline, even though they had raised him in a different religion.

what can i learn from him ?

1) Screen play - Where has he learnt the tricks of trade ??

Graduate of Waldron and Episcopal academies; NYU (1992) Tisch School of the Arts.

Damn.. I should have Apped to NYU.. So Close.. ! But it's not too far..

Sites to look forward

http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/

http://www.ign.com