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?"