Screenwriting : Texture is the Marrow of a Sound Screenplay by Jabulani Pongolani

For the past 15 years I've been religiously sifting and sieving the laborious task of writing a Hollywood style screenplay , I've come to the realization that TEXTURE is the exacting mother of every memorable blockbuster screenplay. Texture, no doubt, is a screenplay's marrow. Texture gives a screenplay its philosophical, tonal, emotional , visual feel . Texture is the worldbuilding of a screenplay.

It makes your characters believable and distinct. It's not what happens but how it feels to hear, watch and experience it. through texture screenwriters should describe how the world looks. This is where lighting, weather, clothing and landscape come in. In a my high concept fantasy sci-fi apocalyptic action screenplay, GENESIS OF ESCHATOLOGY: THE DRNIDY, which I co-wrote with two fellow screenwriters, lighting, weather, clothing and landscape play an undeniably fundamental role in driving the narrative forward.

Needless to say the mood in Genesis of Eschatology: The Drinidy is eerie, apocalyptic, gritty, mystical an oppressive. Language plays an instrumental role in Genesis of Eschatology. It is philosophical, raw, biblical, futuristic etc.

Atmosphere plays a major role in Genesis of Eschatology. It is spiritual and psychological. Through use of themes the said atmosphere is created. Themes of the abuse of religion for control, unity across divides, how religion can both liberate and oppress, faith versus oppression , redemption and sacrifice, destiny versus free will, the cost of faith in a lawless world , despair, fractured identity, guilt, transcendence are explored in Genesis of Eschatology: The Drinidy.

Genesis of Eschatology: The Drinidy texturally uses soundscape and silence ( what you hear or don't hear, for example, whispered prayers, buzzing light.

Through use of symbolism and recurring motifs, Genesis of Eschatology draws the audiences' attention to objects, names, settings that carry deeper meaning.

Religious symbolism and language are generously used to create texture. Terms like "The Invisible Crown." "Bearer of Light", "Codex Lux Tenebris," and a lot more are sprinkled sparingly all over the screenplay to create texture.