Character present without revealing...

[uncle_al]

Submitted for your approval...
Screenwriters getting silly with no apparent explanation...
Is it a horror film with comedy... or a comedy film with horror?
You never know what'll turn up when the lights go down...
In THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Cheers!

Al B.

[ajc5o5o]

Oh no Rod LOOK OUT! haha

[uncle_al]

Uh ... where's the REST of the scene? That certain grabbed my attention.

Well, since it's not my script, I just put forward images from the post.
But it's intriguing to see where that might go...
{Cue TWILIGHT ZONE music, along with Rod Serling's intro...}

Ooooh...

Cheers!

Al B.

[dappa]

Hey thanks for that.

Initially I thought wow that's really going to stretch out the script. But since it's all about timing, it works really well.

Brilliant and thanks.

[ScriptNurse]

Uh ... where's the REST of the scene? That certain grabbed my attention.

[uncle_al]

Let me take a swing at a couple of the examples you put forth, in "spec" style...

Applying lipstick:

LIPS

as the angled tip of a lipstick applies the garish red color.

AN EYE

glistens in the light.

CURTAIN

is moved slowly away as a HAND holding a wickedly long, sharp KNIFE emerges...

Don, what do you think?

Cheers!

Al B.

[dappa]

Hi again. My problem is that I don't want to reveal a characters face until later. Yet there presence is obvious. Eg: CHRIS draws the face of a disfigured man in front of the DETECTIVE. Isn't "His face isn’t seen" or "his face isn't revealed" a directors decision that shouldn't be contained in the script? Another example: A woman applies lipstick.... her eye glistens... . I don't want her whole face revealed. This 'not revealing' happens frequently. Each way I write it looks like a SPEEDBUMP. I would prefer to somehow set this up clearly at the beginning and not have to remind the reader each time.

Horrors are perfect examples where you don't see the bad guy, just the raised knife and the victim. Yet each 'script' I read is the directors screenplay with camera this, camera that. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanking you in advance....