Scriptwriting

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.

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.

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).

Scriptwriting- Step 3• Each page should

take up a minute of screen time.

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.

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.

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.

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?"

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.