Last week, I decided to focus on the structure of screenplays and how to thoroughly write and develop a story through the act of screenwriting. In my last blogpost, I implemented a few videos that highlighted the importance of structuring a good script and how to use plots to one's advantage. This week, however, I wanted to go even further into screenplay and look into its history throughout time. Film has been a large part of American culture for decades, and, obviously, the stories behind cinema were written through screenplays, then developed for the silver screen. Therefore, in order to get the full story as to how screenplays progressed from what they used to be to what they are now, I needed to do a bit of research over the topic at hand: the history of screenplays.
The History of Screenwriting
Going into the research, I wanted to make sure I understood exactly what I was looking for. And so, on a website I found that entirely describes the beginning of scriptwriting, then details the first few short films that'd be based off of a fully-written screenplay, I learned the basis history of the creation of scriptwriting. The website details that "the concept of the screenplay, its use and its function, has constantly evolved since the beginning of film". It then goes into how scripts were first inspired by those who wrote for theatrical performances only, and how as film became more popular over time, scripts became more prominent for people to use for various creative works.
Inspiration I -
A Trip to the Moon, a short film by George Melies, is considered to incorporate an example of modern script writing. I wanted to read the screenplay for myself, so I found a website that provided the entire, fully-written script.
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