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Learning screenwriting and want to know about taking liberties.......

posted 12 years ago by roycant07
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Hi guys, I am an aspiring amateur screenwriter and I just want to ask any of you if some of the supposed technical inaccuracies concerning military combat and procedure took you away from the movie's story?

The reason why I am asking is because I am trying to wrte a political thriller and am killing myself over making this as accurate as possible, but I cannot be right with every minute detail because I do not work for the city government. I've done my research but anything else I would have to work for city hall.

So would it take someone out of the film if say, a crooked politician didn't recuse himself from a city council vote that involved a firm he once lobbied for or if he didn't take the total time off between stints as a lobbyist to a city official as ordered by city law? Is that such a minuscule technical aspect that would take you out of the film?

The only reason why I am asking is because normally this wouldn’t matter but I am trying to write a story with a message and am hoping that a minor technical mistake wouldn’t ruin it for people.

[–] Yucahaor 12 years ago

I'm sorry, just want to confirm if you're writing a documentary or a fictional narrative?

[–] HamsterRecon 11 years ago

They did not take me away from the movie. I will also say this, unless the liberties you decide to take are incredibly obvious then the majority of people will not complain. In fact the only reason I think that so MANY people complain about inaccuracies in this film on IMDB is because it was loved by so many who didn't care about the inaccuracies.

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[–] CheshireCatsGrin 11 years ago

Also sometimes innacurracies help me keep in the film. The uniforms are a year early but since they are the ones I'm accustomed to seeing, and being a visual reminder of these team members actually kept me from being distracted from the here and now feeling of the film. Same with the music and X-Box.

Sometimes it helps to make the visual representation of the film overall instead of nit picking each part of the film. These errors helped me see the film as a whole body of work without a break in believability