Scriptwriting Conventions

Scriptwriting is...

• the art and craft of writing scripts
• the process of developing a movie
• the way a director gets ideas for a movie
• the philosophical production of an analogical movie

Which font is used in a Screenplay?

• Times New Roman
• Courier New
• Arial
• Typewriter

What size font is used?

• 12pt
• 11pt
• 10pt
• 24pt

This script type is used to write films or TV shows:

• Storyboard Script
• News Script
• AV Script
• Screenplay Script

What 3 elements make up a Scene Heading?

• Location. Character. Time
• Time. Day. Outside or Inside
• Inside or Outside. Location. Time
• Ext. Int. Location

Characters CANNOT...

• Think, Feel, Remember
• Do, Say, Move
• Interact with other Characters
• All Three

New characters should be introduced when...

• They say something for the first time
• They first appear on screen
• Someone else refers to them
• They get killed off

The section where characters speak is referred to as...

• Action
• Parenthesis
• Dialogue
• Speech

What is the Scriptwriting Mantra from last week?

• TELL the STORY
• WRITE the STORY
• SHOW the STORY
• BE the STORY

What Grade are you AIMING to get for your Script?

• Pass
• Merit 
• Disctinction
• Fail