A script is a story written in dialogue form in which the story is related to the audience by what the characters say There is less reliance on a narrator to communicate the event of the story What makes a entertaining script ID: 796125
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Slide1
Scripting a play
Slide2What is a script?
A script is a story written in dialogue form in which the story is related to the audience by what the characters say. There is less reliance on a narrator to communicate the event of the story.
Slide3What makes a entertaining script?
It is engaging
It is understandable
It is entertaining
It relates a story
Slide4What are stage directions
Stage directions are those parts of the script that relate specific directions for performers, directors, or tech. workers that relate what something looks like or how something should happen in a play. These directions are not part of the spoken dialogue.
Slide5Format for typing a script
Mutually
Assured Destruction
(Title)
(The living room. JULIAN is playing a video game. He has a headset on and is talking into it.)
(
Stage
Directions: This direction is establishing the location.)
JULIAN, 15
(CAST)
TARA,
17
(Character’s name listed each time they
speak; name is centered)
JULIAN
Oh I’m coming for you, Ann. You and all your little friends. I speak with the voice of the great warrior kings of – oh come on! Oh come on not fair!
Whoah
.
Whoah
. Time out. I thought we agreed there were no snipers! Well we said it! I said it!
(
TARA enters, enraged.
)
TARA
Hey.
(JULIAN holds up his hand to tell her to wait a second.)
Hey. HEY AGAIN.
Slide6Type your script in a
google
doc and share with:
Each member of the group
Mr. Peebles:
j.peebles@mwschool.org
and your language acquisition teacher
Mme. Ryder:
s.ryder@mwschool.org
OR
Sr. Bays:
h.bays@mwschool.org