Narges Abyar’s memories of editing in her youth / What is the difference between a screenplay and a story?

According to Fars News Agency’s cinema correspondent, Narges Abyar, the director of the movies “Sheyar 143”, “The Night the Moon Was Full” and “Ablaq” last night on the radio program “Prantz Baz”, in response to the question that while writing the script, “Do you think it’s a story and a storyteller, or are you going to tell a story in the context of screenwriting?” Some directors do not see much reason to include all the details in the script. They have a framework in mind, and in any case, they write the script in a form and give it to the agents and actors.

He added: “In fact, given the director’s background, this actor should know what this director might get out of this scene.” But there are also some screenwriters who bring everything into their script in great detail.

“In general, writing a screenplay is a lot harder than writing a story,” he said.

* What is the difference between a screenplay and a story?

Abyar added: “In general, writing a screenplay is much more difficult than writing a story.” There is a big difference between a script and a story because the story is very deep and has a completely hermeneutic function. That is, it has an interpretive function, you imagine the story you are reading all the characters and characters, and with the full explanation given by the author of the story and that he opens and examines the inner layers of the characters, you can make your own interpretation of the work. But the script is flatter, that is, it has a defined form anyway, and in fact it tries to be very concise in the characters, the descriptions, and the descriptions and introspection that are given in the story.

He continued: It means that it can be said that we will see 50 to 70% of it in implementation. So I think it depends a lot on what director you get the script from, and I think the story ends when it is written, that is, when it is published, the writer announces that this is my story and it is over, but the script is dynamic. And can be changed at any time until it is made, as long as it is filmed and even on the editing table. When it has this dynamic, we can not be content with one formula and say that all screenplays fit into this format. It is completely dynamic and alive, and it is like a living being that breathes and is constantly changing and growing. His photo may also happen. That is, a lot of rewriting and correction, or in any case different revisions, may hit the story.

* I was an editor for a living

Abyar replied: “Before entering the cinema, were you not afraid of becoming a good screenwriter like some other writers? As I said, I wrote and edited for many years.” When I wrote my first novel, it flowed so smoothly on paper. I grumbled in those days when I was editing for a living, and it was very hard, and I thought I was doing people’s work better without being named, but later, when I wrote my first novel, I saw how easily it flowed on paper. Years of documentation also helped.

He continued: “I always thought that I was a novelist and why I was making a documentary, but after I was more immersed in the documentary, I realized what a world it is, and right now, if it happens, I would like to make a documentary again because it is a discovery and intuition.” It is in the making of the documentary that it is not in the work of fiction because the work of fiction is a definite value, but the permanent documentary allows you to discover. One can learn more about the dramatic aspects of a documentary, and because it happens in the moment and in a short time, it greatly strengthens the mind so that you can discover dramatic and fictional traits and narrative streaks that can be appealing to the viewer more quickly. do.

“It also helped me a lot to be able to make my first feature film, and it helped me to be in spaces that are more realistic and much closer to the reality that we see with our own eyes, and in that space and atmosphere,” he said. To work.

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