Script
- 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 slug 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.