by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky (42 pages)
Awards: None that I could find.
Points of Interest:
- Pacing: Quick. Pages fly by. Act One ends with a strong cliffhanger. Act Two ends with anticipation of a cliffhanger -- Bart jumping a gorge on his skateboard.
- Screen Visibility: More description than in live action, but still not overly specific.
- Formatting: Generous spacing. Double for dialogue and characters. Single for Action. Parenthetical comments are in the dialogue tab.
- Dialogue: Mainly comprised of witty one liners.
- Action: Heavier than other live action shows previous reviewed. In one extreme example there are 16 lines of descriptive action. Camera angles and shot descriptions are also common.
- Act Structure: Act One, Act Two, Act Three. Approx. 38 scenes.
Note: Early scripts of the Simpsons had Homer’s
“D’Oh” written as a moan in parenthesis. Upon viewing the actual episode, various lines of dialogue were omitted or replaced along with action sequences that don’t appear in the script. Finally, I feel some of the changes did not make the story stronger but rather detracted or didn’t create noticeable change.
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