Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The first ten pages of your screenplay may be more important than you think! You’ve finished a draft and you’re ready to let your friends and colleagues read the draft you’ve spent the last few months working on. Or maybe you finally got the attention of an agent or manager, and they’ve agreed to read your screenplay! Congrats. There is no better way to keep them engaged than nailing those first ten pages. Here are a few tips that can help you blow them away!
Take a moment and hear some of the tips Jaz has for writing the perfect movie opening. From nailing the Genre to clearly defining the tone. Jaz share tips that are sure to excite your reader, and to keep the pages turning.
Shot using the Canon G5x.
Films Featured in the piece:
GET OUT
Saving Private Ryan
Airplane
Pirates of the Caribbean
American Beauty
The first ten pages of your screenplay may be more important than you think! You’ve finished a draft and you’re ready to let your friends and colleagues read the draft you’ve spent the last few months working on. Or maybe you finally got the attention of an agent or manager, and they’ve agreed to read your screenplay! Congrats. There is no better way to keep them engaged than nailing those first ten pages. Here are a few tips that can help you blow them away!
Take a moment and hear some of the tips Jaz has for writing the perfect movie opening. From nailing the Genre to clearly defining the tone. Jaz share tips that are sure to excite your reader, and to keep the pages turning.
Shot using the Canon G5x.
Films Featured in the piece:
GET OUT
Saving Private Ryan
Airplane
Pirates of the Caribbean
American Beauty
