Wrights of the Play

The films and theatres, with many common features, are built to form the basis for greater development. In addition there are many elements between the two, as most playwrights are both movies and stage authors, which makes interchanging the scripts difficult. First, although the two occur in real time, the true production of plays is live; thus, it is possible to construct anything going on stage in the backstage. For a film, however, the maximum number of scenes can be taken in numerous places with hundreds of casts. Second, the formatting for plays differ slightly with that for movies; the point of formatting is the same, which is to create a universal system that gives readers the estimated length of the project. However, in film scripts, there is a greater balance between dialogue and action than play scripts since it is a visual medium.

The third difference between movies and plays is dialogue; essentially, talk is given wider margins and significantly outweighs stage directions in a play, an aspect reflected by formatting. It is of the essence to recognize that despite the differences, films and plays share a lot of common aspects (McKee, 2007). On the other hand, writing a movie script requires economizing dialogue and maximizing on the visual description to tell the story. God’s Favorite is the best play script, which is a comedy that concerns religion and ends up sac religious. It is a work of a man’s vision, taken from life that will leave you in stitches. The script was written by Neil Simon; in essence, it is a monologue where a man is conversing about God and Satan, and why they are here on earth. The script is written in a way an average person can understand, even without biblical influence.

References

McKee, R. (2007). Substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting and stage

writing. New York: HarperCollins.