Screenplay Improvment – Scene Description

Too often the screenwriter can lose site of the screenplay as an holistic document. What this means for many is a singular focus on dialogue and what characters say rather than what is Happening. The writign of good, evocative but efficient Scene Description is key for both a screenplay that engages potential producers as well as being a rich platform for cast and crew.

John August is an eminently experienced screenwriter who, amoungst numerous other works such as TitanAE and Big Fish, has collaborated with Tim Burton on The Corpse Bride and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. John August pens a superb blog at www.johnaugust.com where he regularly breaks down the writing process and examines the nitty gritty of the screenwriting craft.

His latest post, which ive embedded below, is delivered as a video as he works to improve the Scene Description on a script and talks through the process. His whole site is well worth a good long look.