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What does it mean?
Bergman sees scripts as frameworks that await visual realization.
In plain terms
He treats writing as a skeleton for the final film.
What can you take from it?
Use scripts as blueprints.

Where it applies

  • directing process
  • screenwriting

Putting it to work

  • plan visually
  • prioritize imagery

Questions to consider

  • How do you plan creative projects?
  • Is the process more important than the plan?

Another view

Not all stories succeed when translated from text to screen.

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