LEARNING TO WRITE A SCRIPT:

LEARNING TO WRITE A SCRIPT:

In order to create a screenplay we first needed to learn the correct scripting techniques. A man from Long Road came in to speak to us about this.

GENERAL SCRIPT:

- Font Courier new
- Font size 12
- 1 page of script = approx. 1 min of screen time
- When introducing a character, you should put their name in          CAPITALS
- Any important props should be written in CAPITALS
- Script should always be written in present tense
- Script divided into scenes. A scene is a unit of action which        takes place in a specific place in continuous time

SLUG LINE: 
- The slug line is at the beginning of each scene
- Should show your location/ setting e.g City/ day or night or        evening
- INT/EXT = interior or exterior
- If you have a scene which transitions from outside to inside or      vice versa, you write INT/EXT. 

ACTION LINE:
- Comes underneath a slug line
- What we see or what characters do
- Shows what you can see on screen
- Don't include cinematography

DIALOGUE LINES:
- Don't include "" 
- Less dialogue in your script the better

CHARACTER CUES:
- The name of the character who speaks
- Always CAPITALS and centred above their speech

ACTOR DIRECTION:
- In brackets under the character name, used to describe the way      they speak and who they are speaking to