r/Screenplay

Have you ever entered a new genre and felt like you had to relearn everything you thought you already understood about screenwriting?

How to make a compelling Opening. Wow, well certainly times have changed Hollywood no longer has the monopoly. On my 10th rewrite, an amateur but AI has helped with format, structure. I've got the book written just creating the screenplay has been a challenge, creating real dialogue, intention etc. It's like a Fried Green Tomatoes, Brooklyn, Places in the Heart drama spanning a lifetime. Have my North Star, Dialogue Guide, a story vault of 50 stories. Creating a portal/,transitions table and a rhythm table. Just struggling with a captivating opening. Currently it's a retrospective. .from 1990s.looking back to 1943 forwards. I hope persistence pays off. I've my producer directors Bible, charscters, music sound doc., a pitch deck and I'll create a fully cinematic 90 second trailer for my literary agents use.

Hi everyone! I’m a new screenwriter from India, currently working on my first sci-fi/fantasy screenplay.

I’m looking to connect with other people interested in filmmaking — especially screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, composers, cinematographers, and editors.

I’d eventually love to build a small team and collaborate on a project. I’m also interested in meeting other aspiring filmmakers, sharing ideas, giving feedback, and learning from each other.

If you’re from India and interested in screenwriting or filmmaking, feel free to DM me! 😊

And if you’re from outside India, you’re welcome too! I’d be happy to connect with filmmakers and screenwriters from anywhere in the world. 🌎

If you have any advice on how to find and connect with people in the film industry, I’d really appreciate it!

Im Kit Snow and im trying to make my first horror film Static.

This is my first attempt to get into the film industry and need a screenwriter, I've written majority of the plot and im now ready to start writing the script.

I do plan on shooting this.

Im either going to pitch it or make it by fundraising.

The plot is a mix of The Black Phone and HERETIC.

Dm or respond if interested

Hello, I’m looking for feedback on my debut feature film. It’s a found footage horror film about a woman trapped in a liminal room where she regresses into an animal. Would love feedback on the formal choices, acting, writing, pacing, escalation, reversals, etc. I welcome brutal and confrontational reviews, please just try and engage with the work.

Screenplay

Animal Trap Found Footage Horror Film

Title: CLANDESTINE

Format: Feature Screenplay

Pages: 146

Genres: Horror/Dark Comedy/Satire/Surreal

Logline: After a local hero and his family are met with a grisly and unexplainable tragedy, Chief of Police, RUEBEN THORPE is taken off the case and told to focus on a minor budgetary issue with his fellow town council members.

Comps: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Fargo (1996), Weapons (2025), Eddington (2025), I Saw The TV Glow (2024), Longlegs (2024)

CONTENT WARNING: >!Violence, Violent Crime/Murder, Child/Domestic Abuse, Sexual !<

>!Abuse/Violence, Substance Abuse, Suicide/Mental Illness, Terminal Illness, Transphobia/Genderism!<

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Hello,

I have been writing since middle-school (around a decade), and have never shared a project publicly, having only shared with family/friends and occasionally sending in for notes. I wanted to share my feature horror/comedy script CLANDESTINE that I have been working on for the past couple of years.

I love all genres of cinema and storytelling, but have a fondness for the surreal and unorthodox. This project is something I wrote after having difficulty attempting more conventional and palatable ideas. I feel it exemplifies my predilection for macabre and absurd stories, layered with thorny interpretations and details. Those who enjoy weirder/darker stories like such (or the comps listed above), will hopefully enjoy this. Thank you!

Once again, link is here...

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P.S... If you are interested in reading, but are hesitant due to the high-page count, message me for a read4read! I'm interested in meeting new artists and reading new projects, especially those that have yet to be realized.

Hi everyone,

I’m Muneswar, 24M.

I recently left my job and decided to take a break for the next 2 years.

I know that probably sounds crazy to some people, but there’s something I’ve wanted to pursue for a long time — filmmaking, specifically direction and screenplay.

I’ve written several screenplays and stage plays over the years. Writing stories is something I genuinely enjoy, but I’ve realized that writing from the outside isn't enough anymore.

I want to actually be on a film set and understand how films are made.

My immediate goal is to find opportunities to work as an AD (Assistant Director) on films so I can learn the process from the ground up — pre-production, scheduling, blocking, working with actors, camera departments, production, set discipline, and everything else that goes into making a film.

I don't expect to walk onto a set and start directing. 😅

I'm willing to start wherever I can, learn, observe, assist, and do the work.

I'm also open to collaborating with other filmmakers, writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, musicians, or anyone else who is seriously interested in making films.

I'm not looking for people who just want to talk about making a movie someday.

I want to actually make things.

I have a personal deadline in my head:

730 days.

I have these two years to figure out what I'm capable of, learn filmmaking practically, meet people, work on sets, write, make short films, make mistakes, and hopefully discover whether this is truly the life I want.

Maybe at the end of those 730 days I'll know that filmmaking is exactly where I belong.

Maybe I'll discover something completely different.

But I'd rather spend two years finding out than spend the next ten years wondering "What if I had tried?"

If you're working in the film industry, especially as an AD, director, writer, or crew member, I'd genuinely appreciate any advice on how someone like me can get started.

And if you're also trying to make films and looking for someone to collaborate with, feel free to DM me.

I'm based in India and I'm willing to learn, travel, and start from the bottom.

730 days. Let's see where this takes me. 🎬

Coming of age drama (with some sci-fi elements).

Looking for a cold read. Happy to read and give feedback on your script in return.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YYtiVhC3KvoflpeJamu6LzDnyG8sQmBS/view?usp=drivesdk

I'm a student and I want to be a screenplay writer and director and I'm working on some stuff. So if i make a movie based on human behaviour, conditions, or, psychological and mature themes with a bunch of my friends and some savings. Would it work? Would i get an audience and would I be successful in it?

Hello! Iam a 20 year old first time script writer. I have written my first ever script for a short animated film for my brother. He doesn't want it completely industry standard but I still want him to read a solid script and not a first draft. How do you usually edit first drafts? What are your suggestions for a first time scriptwriter?