Screenwriting Myth - WE SEE - Craig D Griffiths

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In this episode we look at the screenwriting myth around the use of just two words "we see".

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[TheBeardedScreenwriter]

Thanks Craig. Reddit has dived into chaos lately and the we see debate is a great example. Thanks for discussing and I totally agree with you!

[futurestoryteller]

To be completely fair though, I don't think anyone has ever written a book with "we see, " in it, despite how easy or practical it might be. So avoiding it can't be that much of a gymnastic feat.

[DougRayPhillips]

How about if you address the actual issue instead of nibbling around the edges?
The actual issue is the doctrine that: When you're an outsider trying to break in and writing a submission/spec script, you avoid anything that smacks of camera direction because you'd be crossing lines into another union and doing stuff that's not your job. JUST TELL THE STORY. Your script, if purchased, is going to be torn apart and rebuilt anyway. But if you're already in the industry and are hired for a specific job by a director who trusts you, you may be expected to write a shooting script... in which case you write in detail (production) scenes instead of master scenes, and put in scene numbers, and DO include camera direction.
Is that doctrine true, or not true?

[ThomasTulak]

but... it's redundant though. Te fact that you're writing it means we see it... "Through the window, they hug." done.