Script Research

   

                                        What is a script

A script is a document that is composed with the dialogue, setting, character, and directions on what to do in a movie, TV, play and etc. The point of a script is to show are like the instruction for making a film. For creating a script for a film, it will be a screen play and for TV it will usually be called a teleplay. Sometimes these professionals uncover new insight about the material that the original screenwriter may have never imagined during the scriptwriting process. While a great script forms the foundation of a great performance, it is not the only factor in the artistic process.

How to write a script

Since you know what a script is, now it's time how to write a script. First what you need to do is to write your logline. A logline is a sentence where it answers the question: "What is my story about"? It should have the plots major dramatic question. This logline can be revised as you work towards a final draft of your screenplay, but it’s a helpful guiding light as you get deeper into the writing process. Next is to create the outline for the script. Start it by creating an outline so that you can write down the main important details in your script in order. You could do this the traditional way on pages or you could just write the sentences on a index card. Your sole question should be the main thing that should change the plotline of the story. Next step is to build a treatment. Think of the the treatment as the better or leveled up version of the outline that feels more like a short story. Then it's the screen play. This is after your good with your treatment and where the real work starts. This is also were you get to express and let your ideas grow. Then you have to format your script. There are tons of script template to find online and plenty of software to download so that you could start your screen play. Usually professional screenwriters uses a final draft. Finally is to edit your screenplay. When you return to your script, act like this is the first time that you're actually reading and think: "How would you respond to it?" Look at it as a story and see were are it's flaws and what could stay. Mark all the problems so that you could fix it. Here are six terms that a screenwriter should know from a website: Masterclass.

1. Scene heading: Also known as a slug line, a scene heading appears at the top of each new scene and includes the following information: “EXT.” or “INT.” (abbreviations for “exterior” and “interior”), the location, and the time of day. For example: “INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT” 

2. Action line: Action lines describe what a character is doing in a scene. 

3. Parenthetical: A parenthetical is a small direction included before a character’s line that suggests how the line should be delivered. 

4. Transition: “FADE IN” precedes the very first line of your script. “FADE OUT” marks the end. Other transitions, like “DISSOLVE TO” or “MATCH CUT TO,” may be used throughout your script. 

5. Voiceover: Abbreviated to “V.O.,” voiceover is used when an unseen narrator interjects into the scene. 

6. Camera angle: Though typically avoided by writers, camera angles can be noted in a screenplay if they’re essential to the way a scene unfolds, perhaps enabling the delivery of a joke or big reveal. 

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The old vs the new

Times have changed and script writing has really evolved. So we're going to travel through the past and present on how a script was made and used. It started in the year 1902 for the movie: "A trip to the moon". It was similar to scripts now a days. But they used something called a scenarios, which is basicly a summary of the most important parts of the plot. As time went on since the 1900's, it has been geting closer to what we have today. There's a statement from an article, "Golden script." it says, : "Today, Final Draft is the standard program for screenwriting. However, because of its price, beginner screenwriters will look to free screenwriting programs such as CeltX or WriterDuet as a temporary solution."

What I've learned

What I've learned from this research what is a script and what it does in and for a film. It also learned how to create my own script and how script writing began and how it's doing now. To show what I've learned, I'll show you my script: