Screenplay Formatting

RocketJump Creative Director & Writer Mike Symonds demonstrates the 8 basic things you need to know about formatting your screenplay correctly.... Predictably, things get weird.

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Write a short 2-5 page script about something that happened to you this week, and upload it to the forum!

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[isaacthefallenapple]

THIS WAS EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED! Oh my lord, this was so good! I never knew what a God dang screenplay looked like and now i do. Thank you so much, guys!

[CinematicTechnologies]

I absolutely adore your teaching style - You can have your audience learning while simultaneously laughing.

[edwardbermudez]

By far, this is the clearest breakdown I've ever seen and I've been writing for 3 years now, and have gone to the New York Film Academy for this skill. This can cater to experienced screenwriters as well, this was great spotting for me.

[pollytheparrot]

That screenplay should win an oscar. It was so moving and well written.

[bc_productions]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I needed a quick, to the point, description of formatting, and you guys delivered . Also, i really enjoyed the Film Riot type skits of showing on what you guys were we're talking about.

[asperganoid]

Phao! Use transition as "therefore" is the biggest thing i got from this, really great way to teach the basics.
THUMBS UP

[soulbanana]

I can't figure out what it is but there's something about this guy that is incredibly likeable. He would make an awesome teacher

[MrJamhamm]

This might be the most important video I've seen and watched the most in my three years (so far) of film school

[Klover]

Omg I'm so excited when I see a new video from you guys!!! Thank you for these down-to-the-details videos!! These things actually take so much time to research and to learn and there're so many different sources on the Internet telling all types of things. Of course we still need to learn more but it's so much easier to have a guidance like this!

[StevenEcclestoneFilms]

Easily the best formatting tutorial out there - clear, concise, and easy to follow and understand. The added humor was a nice touch :p

[Teeyago]

This channel is seriously the best. So helpful.

[buzzedlunne]

why are you guys this incredibly good? Thanks for this, as I have noted a couple of things I have been doing incorrectly to date.

[mahaguru]

You guys are the best (Y)! So easy to understand and learn! If there is ever an Oscar for Scriptwriting Tutorials, I'd definitely nominate you guys and give u all 5 Thanks a zillion!!!

[kentroklus]

I cannot put into words how helpful this video is. THANK YOU!

[Von_McKnelly]

Writing my first short film script with audio....thank you so much for the help. You've taken me from here, to way the frack up there. Thanks Mike! Great vid btw.

[FrankMoreiraV]

i have been looking for a video like this for 2 years now! i'm thrilled to see the upcoming videos, you guys explain things in a very easy way. thanks for the effort!

[fishschtick]

This was thE MOST HELPFUL SCREENPLAY VIDEO OF ALL TIME!

[flowstategmng]

'Yeah, Mike said he could make me do whatever I want.' Priceless!

[jkrwhy]

Okay, this was extremely more helpful than the entire class I took on screenplay writing, which wasn't a bad course and was actually really fun, but I want to ask something important. Although you may not have experience in it, would you say that this is the same format you'd use to make animation screenplay? Just really really curious.

[jasonfunk]

Base on your teachings, I found out that I am on the right track :) I've been making stories and dialogues in my head, but never had the courage to actually write, until recently, I wrote 3 screenplays already and one is in production.