SCRIPT WRITING Screenplay or script.

All movies need a script.  A screenplay includes the dialogue in a particular way, and descriptions of settings  with abbreviated action.

 SCRIPT EXAMPLE:Life of Pie

 Practice writing a short movie script

A plot of the story  include:

1 a short description of each scene.

2 where the action takes place.

3 what happens in the scene to make the story interesting.

 

 WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

 To write a good screenplay for film, you need to:

1 decide the story you want to tell.

2 develop interesting characters for that story.

3 create obstacles and interesting solutions to the problems that your characters face.

4 write your idea in outline form.

5 expand your outline into a screenplay.

Choose your best idea

 Re-read all your ideas. The idea that fits in all these categories

·        Two reasons for an idea:

• It will help us think about the story in a format that is easier to make into a movie.

Developing our Characters

We have to identify our characters and our plot, then  create details our character to make our characters more interesting.

The character sketch describing our character by the important information about his/her:

• childhood

• favorite foods  and  clothes

• relationships with friends and family

• major problems he faces in life

• things he loves

• music he listens to

•  Describe the home life of your main character. Does he or she live with parents, a roommate, a dog, brothers or sisters, alone?

·        Who are his or her best friends? What are they like?

 

Creating Obstacles and Interesting Solutions to the Problems Tht our Characters Face

• What kinds of problems occur because of the solutions your protagonist tries?
• How does everything end?  
• How does the main problem get solved?

4. Story Outline- Outline

Now We make an outline. An outline is easy to expand into a screenplay.

Movie: Thare Zameen Par, directed by Chris Columbus

The story idea is: A dyslexia affected boy who find problems in studies, relationship with his friends and friends at the same age.  He is low self-esteemed boy. It is social awareness oriented drama movie.

Mainly focused in, a boys lively hood with his his own home, parent, brother, with neighbors, and school. Who is the hero? Ishan, a creative dreaming, and smart boy -like 8-year old.

What does the protagonist want?

Ishan wants to regain his esteem, he need a appreciation.

Who are the other characters?

His parents, only one brother, his teachers, then newly arrived art Teacher. What exciting thing (the “hook”) happens at the beginning of the story?

What gets the audience interested?

Who or what gets in the hero’s way?

What problems stand in the way of your hero getting what he wants? •

What solutions does your hero come up with?

How does everything get resolved? 

1.      Where does the movie take place?

2.     Who is main character?

3.     What is the goal of your hero?

4.    Who are the other characters important to the story? Are they the protagonist’s (hero’s) friends or enemies?

Then try and pick only one location. We can  to spend your time shooting,. Keep it simple and realistic. 

This is the goal our main character will try to accomplish by the end of the movie.

WRITING YOUR SCREENPLAY, FINALLY!

 We  have an idea. 

1. We have a good sense of the characters in our story. 
2. We have an outline. 

So, you are just about ready to start writing your screenplay. But first, you’ll need to know the format, some special language, and abbreviations.

A short film screenplay is about nine or ten pages long. It will be written and re-written, because as we can  proceed in the film making process.

Try and break it into sections:

Page 1: The Set-up (where the audience learns what the hero wants). This is the beginning, with a good hook.

Pages 2-7:The Middle (who or what opposes the main character and why). The problems the hero has to overcome.

 Pages 8-9:The Ending (where the problems are resolved). The protagonist either wins or loses.

  

Scenes:  Screenplays are written scene by scene. A scene is a part of the story that happens in one place over one period of time.

For example, if a movie starts out with a boy getting ready for school in the morning, there might be three separate scenes:

Scene

1. brushing his teeth in the bathroom Scene

 2. getting dressed in his bedroom Scene

3. eating breakfast in the kitchen

 Every time the location or the time changes, it is considered a new scene.

 

Slug Line

 Slug Line The first part of a screenplay is called the slug line.

A slug line lets everyone know where and when the scene is supposed to take place. Every scene in your screenplay should start with a slug line.

EXT. DESERT CLEARING – NIGHT

 

This slug line means:

• EXT. is an abbreviation for EXTERIOR, which means outside.  If it were an inside shot, it would say INT., short for INTERIOR.

• The next part of the slug line gets more specific about the location of the scene; a well sophisticated home.

• The final part of the slug line tells you when the scene will take place— in this case, at Morning

 

Parts of a Screenplay

The elements that make up the screenplay are:

Action – what is happening •

Characters and Description – who is in the scene •

Dialogue – what the characters are saying • How the characters say their lines

This slug line means: • Slug Line – when and where the scene is taking place •

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