Rafael Guerrero

Screenwriting analyst covering screenplay craft, story structure, and visual storytelling for ScriptLix.

• How to Make a Storyboard: A Step by Step Guide for Filmmakers

  A practical guide to storyboarding a scene: break the script into shots, match the frame, draw fast, mark movement and the 180 degree line, then turn it into a shot list.

• The Best Way to Memorize Lines, According to Memory Research

  Rereading feels productive and barely works. Here is what studies of actors and memory research say about learning lines, plus a seven day plan you can start tonight.

• How to Self Tape an Audition: Setup, Reader and Delivery

  Camera height, framing, eyeline, light, sound, readers and the union rules on page limits and memorizing, so your self tape shows your choices and nothing else.

• How to Write a Crime Screenplay: From Heists to Noir

  A working guide to crime screenplay craft: choosing a subgenre, structuring information, building heist mechanics, writing noir voice, and getting the script registered and read.