Film Courage: What do screenwriters need to know about timelines?
Naomi Beaty, Writer, Screenwriting Teacher and Consultant: I think it’s definitely worth paying attention to the timeline of your story because there is a certain flow that when you’re reading a script if the sort of flow of logic or our sense of how much time is passing in the story, if that is off or unclear, that can be disorienting and make reading it confusing so that’s definitely worth paying attention to. It’s not a problem I see that often but occasionally it does come up where I can’t figure out…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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Varnel explores the black male experience from the perspective of Varnel Hill who is an aspiring actor working in corporate America trying to get out to pursue his dream as an actor. Varnel is in his early 30’s and works as a mail clerk at a marketing firm. Varnel spends most of his days daydreaming about quitting his job, trying to get his ex-Sydney back (and dating), and hanging out with his best friends Tommy and Bilal. Watch it for FREE on Youtube here.
