SMILE

In this episode of Script to Scream we take a deep dive in to Parker Finn's 2022 cultural and financial smash - Smile.

We dissect how Finn made you dread a smile, his writing style, his wonderful use of common place script writing techniques, the dialogue, the themes and how he synthesised influences and tropes yet created something which felt fresh and not derivative.

scareology

AS COVERED IN OUR EPISODE ON smile, HERE WE HAVE THE SCRIPT TO SCREAM SCAREOLOGY GRAPH: A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SCARES IN THE FILM. THE GRAPH SHOWS HOW SCARY A MOMENT WAS AND ITS TIMESTAMP, GIVING YOU A VISUAL GUIDE AS TO WHETHER THE FILM ADHERED TO THE OFT DISCUSSED 10 MINUTE RULE…

script samples

TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS, IDEAS AND CONCEPTS WE DISCUSS IN THE EPISODES WE HAVE INCLUDED SOME SCRIPT SAMPLES FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, LEARN FROM AND GET INSPIRED BY. BELOW IS A SAMPLE FROM THE BUFFY SCRIPT.