level 1

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 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.