Industry expectations

Industry expectations are Gian scriptwriting spread across several important areas for a work of writing: originality, structure, formatting, and professionalism.

Originality should head out new unique stories or new spins on familiar genres if the work is to have any chance of gaining notice in an incredibly competitive marketplace.

A clear three-act structure or other widely recognized storytelling framework keeps a story on pace and develops it according to industry-accepted levels.

Proper formatting is overwritten according to convention, for example, 12-point Courier font for proper scene headings and terse but complete action descriptions, for readability and professional appearance.

A submitted script should be clean (no grammatical errors or typos) and generally hit the standard page limits (90-120 pages for a feature film).

Show that you have considered your audience and that your material is saleable.

Professionalism goes beyond the script itself and includes such factors as meeting deadlines, incorporating feedback into the work—thereby showing the ability to coexist with those in the industry—and meeting the expectations outlined above.

In the following Video by BAFTA Guru, let’s watch Martin Scorsese’s Advice To Beginners – “You Can Do Anything, Make Your Own Industry”