The document provides instructions for a homework assignment to analyze the features of a script for a film in the same genre. Students are asked to:
1) Annotate and analyze a script for a film of the same genre as their own film.
2) Write up the key features of the script on their blog in their own words, using insights from class script analysis.
3) Focus the analysis on how the genre is shown through the script, differences from the actual film introduction, and parts written to grab audience attention.
1. • Annotate and analyse a script for a film of
the same genre as your own.
• Write up the features of a script onto your
blog IN YOUR OWN WORDS. You can use
your script analysis from class to support
you.
Homework
3. Monday 11th November 2013
Scripts
LO:
To demonstrate understanding of the key
terms associated with script writing.
4. FADE IN:
EXT. CARIBBEAN SEA - DAY
A grey, impenetrable wall of fog. From somewhere
comes the FAINT SOUND of a LITTLE GIRL'S
VOICE, singing, slow tempo, almost under her breath.
YOUNG ELIZABETH (O.S.)
Yo, ho, yo, ho, a pirate's life for me,
Yo, ho, yo, ho, it's a pirate's life for
me...
Layout
5. The scene heading tells us where
the scene takes place.
EXT. MILLY’S HOUSE, BACK DOOR - DAY
Scene Heading
6. EXT. MILLY’S HOUSE, BACK DOOR - DAY
INT. ANSLOW FARMHOUSE, KITCHEN – CONTINUING
INT./EXT. CONNER AEROSPACE, CONNER’S OFFICE NIGHT
Scene Heading
7. EXT. MILLY’S HOUSE, BACK DOOR - DAY
INT. ANSLOW FARMHOUSE, KITCHEN – CONTINUING
INT./EXT. CONNER AEROSPACE, CONNER’S OFFICE NIGHT
Scene Heading
8. EXT. MILLY’S HOUSE, BACK DOOR - DAY
INT. ANSLOW FARMHOUSE, KITCHEN – CONTINUING
INT./EXT. CONNER AEROSPACE, CONNER’S OFFICE NIGHT
Scene Heading
9. EXT. MILLY’S HOUSE, BACK DOOR - DAY
INT. ANSLOW FARMHOUSE, KITCHEN – CONTINUING
INT./EXT. CONNER AEROSPACE, CONNER’S OFFICE NIGHT
Scene Heading
10. EXT. MILLY’S HOUSE, BACK DOOR - DAY
INT. ANSLOW FARMHOUSE, KITCHEN – CONTINUING
INT./EXT. CONNER AEROSPACE, CONNER’S OFFICE NIGHT
Scene Heading
11. Write down some scene headings either
for your normal day, or made up (it’s up
to you!)
Scene Heading
12. • CUT TO:
• PAN TO:
• FADE OUT:
• WIPE TO:
• DISSOLVE TO:
• PULL BACK TO REVEAL:
Transitions
13. Action is also called
"business" or
"description." It's what
we see on the screen
or stage. It
describes, in the most
visual way it can, what
happens.
Action
14. Example 1
Mark walks down the hall.
He looks in the bedroom
and, seeing
nothing, scratches his
head. He continues down
the hall with a curious
expression on his face
Action
Example 2
Mark walks down the hall.
He thinks there might be
something in the
bedroom, so he looks in.
He wonders why he
doesn't see anything and
scratches his head.
"Hmmm," he thinks and
then continues down the
hall.
16. BOB
(sarcastic)
A parenthetical is a direction Of course I love you.
to the Actor about how to
read the dialogue.
MARTHA
(trying not to explode)
Can’t you be serious for
once?
(a beat, then)
Wait, who are you?
Parenthetical
17. Example 1
Example 2
Zeke
Zeke
I don’t think you should stay
I don’t think you should
stay.
(he cocks his shotgun)
We don’t want you here. He cocks his shotgun.
Zeke
(continuing)
We don’t want you here.
Parenthetical
18. DR. WATSON (O.S.)
Help! I’m trapped in here!
JOHN (V.O.)
I didn’t want him to know I was here.
Extension
19. This is a technical indication about the character’s
dialogue, placed to the right of the Character Name.
(O.S.): Off screen
(V.O.): Voice over
/
(O.C.): Off camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL7PSlUuWPs
Extension
21. • How GENRE is shown through the script.
• Areas which you think differs from the actual
intro of the film.
• Parts in which the script has been written
with grabbing the audiences attention in
mind.
Annotate the
following…
Editor's Notes
http://www.scriptwritingsecrets.com/contents.htm 5-10minsWhat have you noticed? Been able to pick out?
5minshttp://www.weeklyscript.com/Pirates%20Of%20The%20Caribbean.txtWhat have you noticed about the Character names is the script?How is dialogue presented?Any initial thoughts about the layout of the script?
Initial thoughts?Scene Headings always appear in UPPERCASEYou want to keep your scene headings to one line if possible.
At first they may look similar, but notice the sections of the scene headings and they start to feel the same.What have you noticed?What can you guess by the headings?
INT.- interiorEXT. – exteriorINT./EXT. (scene starts outside- moves inside)You don’t have to do it this way, you could just change the headline when appropriate.
What does the next part tell us?The next part of the scene heading tells you where you are, generally. You want to keep these consistent, so you always refer to the place names in the same terms- this is so the reader will easily know where they are placed, and if you had to film you would know what sets/props you needed.
The specific area of the setting which is being used.Sometimes you won’t need this part if it doesn’t matter about the specific location.
10minsWhat does this next part mean?Day and Night are most common,Sunset and Sunrise, Dusk and Dawn (awkward)The indicator ‘continuing’
2 mins writing3 mins sharing
5minsAnother word for these?Why might you use a lot of these in your scripts?What might happen if you use too many in your script?EditsThere are so many of these… but the important thing to remember is DON’T USE THEM! It you start a new scene, then you will know that it has ‘CUT TO:’Not your job to direct, but to tell a story
Which one would be in a script? Why?The difference? The first one shows it, the second one tells it. We can't see a character thinking. But we know that characters who are thinking will behave in a certain way. Describe the behaviour, not theunseeable mental process. In Action, you have more room to make your writing creative than you do in other elements, but I recommend you use your creativity to tell the story well, not to show off your vocabulary or prose technique. You want the reader to be impressed with and immersed in the story, not hung up on you.
10mins (3slides)2mins sharingWrite me the actions for how to script this image.
5mins2mins writing own2mins sharingWhich is the correct one? Why do you think this?Notice the ‘continuing’ parenthetical, this is used when a character’s dialogue is split by action.Write your own version.
What is the extension?What are they telling the reader?
5 mins2 mins sharingWrite me an example of a voice over being used. If you want to write actions then remember to follow the ACTION rules.
