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Film Courage: How do you write a scene?
Jason Eric Perlman, Writer/Filmmaker: When I was first starting screenwriting, I used to be very linear.
I used to…
Where do we enter the scene?
Who’s in it?
What do they start to say?
And let it build through time in a very linear way.
I’ve departed from that.
I think it’s for the best, at least in my process, where what I end up doing in sketching scenes, and I think it makes the process less daunting and more like allowing yourself to sketch.
It doesn’t have to be perfect on your first write through, but I know where there’s pieces of dialogue that have to happen, that have to advance the story.
If a conflict has to erupt in this circumstance, what is being said or being done that allows…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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About:
An accomplished WGA screenwriter, feature director, producer and Emmy-recognized editor, Jason Eric Perlman has collaborated on over 20 feature films since completing USC Graduate Cinema. He has worked with major television outlets and studios like Warner Bros, Sony, and Lionsgate. His material has screened at prestigious festivals such as Sundance and SXSW. Jason was named #4 in LA Weekly’s “Top 10 Entertainment Professionals to Watch in 2023.” Jason’s latest film Site is Official Selection of the 2025 Boston Film Festival.
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