Saturday, Aug. 14

Inventing the High Concept Screenplay

A FANTASTIC article on High Concept written by Alexandra Sokoloff:

But with movies, the high concept premise has a couple of incredibly practical considerations. It suggests a built-in marketing campaign - and it is such a good idea that you could shoot it on a low budget and still have a movie that people would go see. That doesn’t mean anyone’s GOING to shoot it on a low budget, because we are after all talking about Hollywood. But you COULD shoot it on a low budget. It is the idea that is golden.

Most articles regarding this subject regurgitate the same old, same ol’ when it comes to helping writers find that choice idea. Something about the way Alexandra writes simply compels you to follow along. Very motivating piece.