Film Courage: How do you write a screenplay in a week?
Jason Park, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, and Cinematographer: I stick to the three-pages-a-day rule and then if the story starts flowing then it’ll start flowing on its own and I let that take its place. When I start feeling fatigued, I stop. When you’re fatigued you’re not doing yourself justice. If you think about a week, 90 pages, 15-20 pages you can knock that out if you’re in a flow. You have to keep doing it every day, just do it when you find those pockets. What I would do is I’d work when I’d have a breathing room because no one’s working eight hours straight non-stop (unless you’re doing road work or something for the most part), you have your little break bubbles. What I would do during my break bubbles is I would shift and write. I’d write a page or two and then I’d go back to work and then I’d write another page or two and go back to work. I would be consistently outputting because the story, as I’m working on this thing and I’m doing this, the story’s in my head so when I’m working on it I’m thinking about the story, Okay this character can go here, okay boom! Then I’ll go here and I write so it’s just about utilizing those pockets of free time to write. Again, if you stick to the three pages a day in 30 days you have a full feature film. If you did six, now you’ve got it in 15. If you did nine, you have it in pretty much about seven days.
Film Courage: You’ve said that the story once you get started pretty much writes itself. Have you ever had it where the story is not writing itself and this isn’t going anywhere?
Jason: No, because I’m not concerned with making it someone else’s story. I’m not concerned with now we’re all going to pull from what we’re influenced by our favorite movies, you’ll have similar stories but when I write the bad guy winning sometimes, things happening that you just don’t see coming, when I write there’s the structure…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Jason Park is an accomplished Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, and Cinematographer. Living in Atlanta, GA with a background in both acting and narrative filmmaking. Jason was raised on the Big Island of Hawai’i. After finishing high school, he moved to Los Angeles California, where he found his passion for videography, acting, and filmmaking. He began booking commercials and print work for companies like Apple, Samsung, McDonald’s, Subway, and the list goes on. He’s been in films with actors such as Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Ross Butler (Shazam) Christian Serratos (Selena), David Oyelowo (Gringo), and Evan Ross (The Hunger Games). After appearing in films, commercials, and print campaigns. The actor decided to passionately work on breaking barriers for Asian-American actors, directors, writers, and creators in American Cinema. Leading him to create films with Asian leads in non Asian stereotypical roles.
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