When you think about chase scenes, car chases are usually the first to come to mind. Let's look at a few examples and scenarios. So how can you accomplish all of these with your chase scenes? And later, when you have a shooting script, you need the stunt coordinator and VFX people to step in and get your vision to the screen. You also need to describe the world, so their imaginations take over.
You need to keep the audience on the edge of their seat and the pages turning. We've talked a lot about the action genre works in screenplay form. How to Write a Chase Scene in a Screenplay Today we're going to go over how to write a chase scene in a screenplay and some helpful tips and examples for each category. When a reader looks at your car chase or foot chase, they need to be able to clearly understand what's going on on the page. I know one character is after the other, almost gets them, but someone gets away.Įvery chase sequence might be different, but there's a common thread to each: the reader. Sometimes I get frustrated by chase scenes. Everything feels like it's clicking until the characters have to move.
Tell me if this has happened to you you're writing a scene, and the dialogue is popping.
