Page One: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012)

Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky, based on his novel

A trailer for the movie:

So … you know that so-called screenwriting “rule” about how we can’t use “we see,” “we hear,” and other “we whatevers.”

[Clears throat. Reads scene description.]

We hear … we are … we see … we see … we enter … we keep moving … we float … we move …

Those are the “we whatevers” on Page One of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a script … which got produced … into a movie. Which means … what was that so-called “rule” again?

You may download the script here.

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