I am currently story boarding a sci-fi script and my characters will be involved heavily with alien monsters. I am struggling to describe these monsters which will be on land, sea and air. Should I describe them as Jurassic type dinosaurs, T-rex size with two heads or a giant spider spitting venom? So, what is the best way to describe such creatures in script form?

It sounds like you're not even sure - what you want them to look like?  I'd suggest try something (original).  But in the end... just describe how you see them.


Ghostie

Yeah, agreed. Figure out what you want it to look like-- whatever will work best for the story-- and then describe it like you'd describe anything else.

Don't go overboard with the details, though. If you have a giant spider monster, just write that. Don't go into a lot of detail about unimportant features-- give us room for imagination.

I'll admit, I'm not entirely sure I understand the question, but hopefully this helps.

Really cool.  I'm playing around with a similar idea at the moment.  Anyways, simple description will suffice IMO.  Details of your monsters won't be too important and things like that can be better left up to the horror makeup people.  I suppose the first thought that comes to mind if you saw this thing pop up would work.  "Ah!  Giant, flying centipede!"  There's your description/character.

Other things you can do is describe it through action as well.  If one of your characters is fighting with one of these creatures, perhaps a tenticle whips around, attempting to strangle him or something along those lines.  That would be another description put into motion through action.  Just a thought.  Action scenes aren't my forte but blending in description with action seems to work better than describing the monster/character all up front.  Good luck with it all.

Your monsters better be badder than these ones.



There's a Godzilla script in here--> http://www.simplyscripts.com/g.html

Many thanks to all of you that replied to my question it has got me thinking in the right direction.
Concerning the monster in the film clip, that sure is one big mother. I just wonder how the script writer described such a beast in his script and how it was then depicted on screen.
After killing it there would be a major problem getting it home on the hood of your pickup.
Regards, John.