This document provides guidance on scriptwriting for a game trailer. It recommends using Courier New font sized 12 points and including a title page with the script title and author. Scene headings should use capital letters and include location, time of day, and characters. Each page should represent one minute of screen time. The first scene should fade in and include a scene heading and setting explanation. Character names should be in caps when mentioned and dialogue should be centered and move the story forward. The script should capture subtext and reflect characters' personalities. Students are tasked with turning their story into a properly formatted script.

1. Scriptwriting

2. Scriptwriting
• Use the building a character story to help write
out a storyline for your game, then highlight the
information into what you wish to show in your
trailer.
• Write out your trailer script using this PowerPoint
as help.
• This means thinking about Dialogue, Scenes,
Formatting.

3. Scriptwriting- Step 1
• You should use the font
Courier New
• Your font should be set to 12 points.
• You should make sure you have a
title page, with your title centred
and underlined.
• You should also write who has
written the script.

4. Scriptwriting Step 2
• Create a slug line before
each scene, they should
be written in CAPS.
• These should detail
whether the scene is
taking place inside (INT) or
outside (EXT)
• They should detail who is
in the scene.
• Where the scene takes
place.
• Time of day (DAY or
NIGHT).

5. Scriptwriting- Step 3
• Each page should
take up a minute of
screen time.

6. Scriptwriting- Step 4
• Your first scene
should FADE IN:
• You should then
have a scene
heading.
• Then an
explanation of
what the scene
setting is.
• Film editing
instructions
should go down
the right hand
side.

7. Scriptwriting- Step 5
• Anytime your characters are
mentioned it should be in caps
lock.
• Before each part of dialogue
the characters name should be
written in Caps lock and
centred on the page.
• Each line of speech is then
centred and written
underneath.

8. Scriptwriting- Step 6- Dialogue
• Your dialogue should reflect
your characters personality and
it should move the story on.
• As you're writing dialogue, ask
yourself, "what does this add to
the story?" "What am I trying to
tell the reader about the
character or the story?"
• If you don't have an answer to
those questions, scrap the
dialogue.

9. Scriptwriting- Step 7- Dialogue
• Conversations can have more
than one thing going on in
them, so you want to make
sure you capture the subtext
of the situation.
• For example if a character is
trying to say “I need you”
have them say it without
actually saying it like
“Charles, ...do you really have
to go so soon?"

10. Task: Turn your story into a script.
• Start by going through your story and deciding
on what parts happen in scene 1.
• Start formatting your script paying attention
to fonts, formatting and dialogue.