scripting a play. what is a script? a script is a story written in dialogue form in which the story...
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Scripting a play
What is a script?
• A script is a story written in dialogue form in which the story is related to the audience by what the characters say. There is less reliance on a narrator to communicate the event of the story.
What makes a entertaining script?
• It is engaging• It is understandable• It is entertaining• It relates a story
What are stage directions
• Stage directions are those parts of the script that relate specific directions for performers, directors, or tech. workers that relate what something looks like or how something should happen in a play. These directions are not part of the spoken dialogue.
Format for typing a scriptMutually Assured Destruction (Title)
(The living room. JULIAN is playing a video game. He has a headset on and is talking into it.) (Stage Directions: This direction is establishing the location.) JULIAN, 15 (CAST)TARA, 17
(Character’s name listed each time they speak; name is centered)JULIAN
Oh I’m coming for you, Ann. You and all your little friends. I speak with the voice of the great warrior kings of – oh come on! Oh come on not fair! Whoah. Whoah. Time out. I thought we agreed there were no snipers! Well we said it! I said it!
(TARA enters, enraged.)
TARAHey.
(JULIAN holds up his hand to tell her to wait a second.)Hey. HEY AGAIN.
Type your script in a google doc and share with:
• Each member of the group• Mr. Peebles: [email protected]
and your language acquisition teacher
• Mme. Ryder: [email protected] OR• Sr. Bays: [email protected]