Comments on: Stories Without Scripts http://www.cinecynic.com/2008/07/stories-without-scripts/ A cynic's take on movies, books and everything else Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cine Cynic http://www.cinecynic.com/2008/07/stories-without-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Cine Cynic Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.cinecynic.com/?p=17#comment-5 Let us keep screenplay aside. There are non-linear screenplays and while the effect may be very different, it might sometimes be a similar story when the scenes are reordered linearly.<br/><br/>However, storyline (or plot) and the characters are inseparable. For a plot to happen, the most effective choice of characters may be something. A kind of character may be most interesting when set in a kind of plot. Irrespective of which takes birth first, they both live together. Let us keep screenplay aside. There are non-linear screenplays and while the effect may be very different, it might sometimes be a similar story when the scenes are reordered linearly.

However, storyline (or plot) and the characters are inseparable. For a plot to happen, the most effective choice of characters may be something. A kind of character may be most interesting when set in a kind of plot. Irrespective of which takes birth first, they both live together.

]]> By: Praveen B http://www.cinecynic.com/2008/07/stories-without-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Praveen B Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.cinecynic.com/?p=17#comment-4 "How is it even possible to separate these three essential elements that form a compound called "script"?"<br/><br/>Diwakar Babu (a dialogue writer for movies viz. Choodaalani Vundi and many other movies by S.V.Krishna Reddy) in an interview told this.<br/><br/>X comes up with a storyline. (what one wants to narrate)<br/><br/>Y develops the characters (their history, traits etc.)<br/><br/>(Mostly) Y writes the screenplay. How the storyline should be narrated. What scene should come after what, etc.<br/><br/>Z, takes these (character development and screenplay) and writes dialogues for the scenes.<br/><br/>He mentioned that he had a white page with the left half having screenplay and he wrote the dialogues on the right half.<br/><br/>So in some telugu movies, we have different credits for Katha, Chitraanuvaadam, Maatalu and DarSakatvam. “How is it even possible to separate these three essential elements that form a compound called “script”?”

Diwakar Babu (a dialogue writer for movies viz. Choodaalani Vundi and many other movies by S.V.Krishna Reddy) in an interview told this.

X comes up with a storyline. (what one wants to narrate)

Y develops the characters (their history, traits etc.)

(Mostly) Y writes the screenplay. How the storyline should be narrated. What scene should come after what, etc.

Z, takes these (character development and screenplay) and writes dialogues for the scenes.

He mentioned that he had a white page with the left half having screenplay and he wrote the dialogues on the right half.

So in some telugu movies, we have different credits for Katha, Chitraanuvaadam, Maatalu and DarSakatvam.

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