Developing Our Script.

Today, our group and I decided to develop our script. Before we could start we had to find out the essential features of a script and how it should be written out. We learnt that while writing a script, we should write about what the audiences can see and hear and not describe how the character feelings. We found out that action should show the emotion. E.g. someone breaks a glass due to frustration. Our group decided that action speaks louder than word and thus decided that we should keep the dialogue to a minimum. This will maintain the audience’s attention. It will also add to realism, as our protagonist will be alone during most of the film. Our group found out that one page of a script equals to 1 minute in a film. This was crucial as it meant that we needed a 5-page script in order to produce a five-minute film.

Our group also attained knowledge about what a dialogue blocks is. We learnt that the character’s name should always be in capital and the wryly should be in lowercase. For example:

Characters speaking: STEVE

Wryly: (quietly)

Dialogue: It's time

Slug lines are very important in a script. It informs people where and when the scene takes place. Slug lines are composed into three parts. These are interior/exterior (outside or inside a house), location and time of day. The slug line must always be in capital. An example of a slug line is: INTERIOR, STEVE'S BATHROOM, DAWN. This means that the scenes will take place indoors at dawn in Steve's bathroom.

In our group we learnt many key terms and editing styles which are relevant when writing a script such as:

Montage: A series of short related scene.

Continuity editing: A sequence of events that links together.

Intercut: When two scene takes place at the same time but in different locations e.g. two people in two separate countries on the phone having a conversation together. Most movies split screen the in half to a show intercut.

Special scene headings: Special scene headings are normally used during flashbacks. An example of special scene headings is 'January 1966' or 'summer 1974'.