Scripts
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- 2. Writing your Script 90-120 pages Courier 12pt font 8 1/2" x 11" bright white three-hole punched paper Why Courier? Timing 1 formatted page = 1 minute screen time
- 3. Writing your Script Ascript can be an original piece, or based on a true story or previously written piece, like a novel, stage play or newspaper article. At its heart, a script is a blueprint for the film it will one day become… The biggest mistake any new screenwriter can make is to submit a script full of production language, including camera angles and editing transitions It's crucial to remember that film is primarily a visual medium. As a screenwriter, you must show what's happening in a story, rather than tell.
- 6. Rules Scene Heading A sceneheading is a one-line description of the location and time of day of a scene, also known as a "slugline." It should always be in CAPS. Action The narrative description of the events of a scene, written in the present tense. Character When a character is introduced, his name should be capitalised within the action. Dialogue Lines of speech for each character. Dialogue format is used anytime a character is heard speaking, even for off-screen and voice-overs.
- 7. Writing your Script Thebest way to learn to rules and style is to read scripts: http://labs.triggerstreet.com/ http://www.simplyscripts.com/unpro.html Library!!! You can also take online lessons: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lesson:Formatting_the_s cript
- 8. A Lesson inScriptwriting
- 9. Scene by SceneBreakdown When Where Overview of Action Night Shena Simon Campus RACHEL walks out of the front doors of sixth form the college
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- 11. Steps 1. Write ascenario 2. Break your scenario down into the elements for a script • Complete a scene by scene breakdown 1. Learn Celtx 2. Write your script!