Write your story, don't direct it
Screenwriting matters: Learn about camera terms, but only rarely use them. You write the story, let the director do the directing.
When you get into screenwriting, you read scripts, often shooting scripts. And you’ll find yourself bombarded with camera terms. Learn about them, by all means. Use the ones essential to telling your story but, whenever possible, stay away from them and just write your story.
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