By: Vanisha Doshi

1. What is script writing
BY: VANISHA DOSHI

2. What is a script
 Screenwriting, also called scriptwriting, is the art and craft of writing scripts for
mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games.
 Screenwriting is a very specific kind of storytelling -- your goal is to produce a
highly specialized blueprint that communicates a reasonably clear vision of the
finished product to potential buyers (studios) and your collaborators (director,
production designer, actors, etc.), all without actually having the finished product
to show them.

3. The fundamentals to a script.

4. Theories on writing a screenplay:
 Fundamentally, the screenplay is a unique literary form. It is like a musical score,
in that it is intended to be interpreted on the basis of other artists' performance,
rather than serving as a finished product for the enjoyment of its audience. For
this reason, a screenplay is written using technical jargon and tight, spare prose
when describing stage directions. Unlike a novel or short story, a screenplay
focuses on describing the literal, visual aspects of the story, rather than on the
internal thoughts of its characters. In screenwriting, the aim is to evoke those
thoughts and emotions through subtext, action, and symbolism

5. How long should it be?
 A screenplay is a 90-120 page document written in Courier 12pt font on 8 1/2" x
11" bright white three-hole punched paper. Wondering why Courier font is used?
It's a timing issue. One formatted script page in Courier font equals roughly one
minute of screen time. That's why the average page count of a screenplay
should come in between 90 and 120 pages. Comedies tend to be on the shorter
side (90 pages, or 1 ½ hours) while Dramas run longer (120 pages, or 2 hours).

6. Main elements to a script
1. The story is about somebody with whom we have some empathy.
2. This somebody wants something very badly.
3. This goal is difficult, but possible to do, get, or achieve.
4. The story accomplishes maximum emotional impact and audience connection.
5. And the story comes to a satisfactory ending, not necessarily a happy one.