The Words of Emily Logan

During their teenage years at high school, Joel and Emily fall in love.
But the two young people’s relationship will be tested, as they’re driven to different paths by following their educational and artistic pursuits.
At the age of thirty two, Joel and his family will be tested at all possible levels.  His father is at the hospital, Joel is unemployed and family relationships are at risk.
At Christmas parties with mutual friends, Joel and Emily find each other again. Caught up in a stream of memories and words, Emily is caring, interested, helpful, understanding and loving towards Joel. In the end, it is proved that destiny has a way of catching up with the man and changing his way of thinking.


The Words of Emily Logan is being written in a movie format. Below are the distinctive differences that separate screenplays from other forms of literature or prose.
Screenplay Clarifications
•    Movies happen faster than life.
•    INT: interior
•    EXT: exterior
•    CUT: the scene is cut, the camera changes its focus, we only cut on ACTION.
•    Scenes begin with action and not dialogue.
•    In movies, we write exclusively what we hear or see (AudioVisual).
•    Information, explanation, unnecessary description are not allowed.
•    Character names are only all caps the first time they’re introduced.
•    When a character is first introduced, his/her age is written next to him/her, especially for protagonists.
•    Scene titles proceed from the wider to the subset.
•    Success relies on continuously surpassing ourselves.


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