Uncover the Untold Secrets of Screenwriting with Jack Epps in This Exclusive Go Into The Story Interview
Theme is the constant — the unifying idea that we should return to again and again so that there continuity and support of the theme through scenes, characters, and dialogue. Without a unifying theme it’s easy for a script to become a series of disjoined scenes that really don’t add up to a cohesive movie. Theme helps bind the screenplay together to create unity and consistency. The theme doesn’t have to be brilliant. It just needs to be simple and clear to the writer. It doesn’t matter if the audience gets the theme — they will feel the theme. The writer must understand the theme so they know what they are writing about.
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