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Process of Script Writing - Coggle Diagram
Process of Script Writing
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
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)
step 3
each page should take up a minute of screen time (1min per page)
step 4
your first scene should fade in
you should then have a scene heading
then an explaination of what the scene setting is
film editing instructions should go down the right hand side
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.
step 6
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.
step 7
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?"