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Sets the scene and who is in it Provides excellent opportunities to Show Don’t Tell Allows description – but only write what the audience can see/hear. DAY 1 Change of place or time = change of scene Action We need to know where we are and when: Internal/External (ie indoors or outdoors?) WhereĪre we (ie shop/house/field?) What time of day is it? (ie, day or night?) Scene headings Scene headings locate the action for audience and production. Scene no + title F/X (Sound effect) Character 1 name: Character 2 name: Dialogue Dialogue Scene headings
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Scene Heading Action CHARACTER NAME Dialogue How to construct a radio script
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Far more reliant on the subtleties of speech How to construct a TV script Radio is an aural medium We still need to show, not tell We can’t rely on physical descriptions, so what else is going to put the listener in the world? What are people not saying? Radio Scripts TV is a visual medium We need to show, not tell What does everything look like? (characters/setting) Does it have to be said? Can it be shown? Camera angles (this is the director’s job, so let him/her do it) Every movement, unless important to the story (also the director’s job) How to say every line (give the actors a chance) Soundtrack – unless important to the story Title sequence (post-production) TV Scripts Give clear instructions for a production Be aware of the specifics of our medium (ie TV = visual, radio = aural) Give actors clear indication of characters Create the world in which the action takes place Write a compelling plot with fizzing dialogue Not our job as writers… Actors Script editors Directors Producers Broadcasters Agents Costume/Make-up Set Designers And ultimately… AN AUDIENCE So always remember Scripts are the basis for a production in a different medium. THEY NEED TO BE A BLOODY GOOD READ! Who is a novel for? Scripts have another purpose They are a set of directions for a production The reader isn’t (hopefully) the final destination BUT To get to their final destination… Super Scripts Mary Evans What is a script?