The Essential Guide To Scriptwriting — Part 1
Hello and welcome to your first step into the world of scriptwriting for film and television.
Through this guide, you will gain a basic understanding of character, conflict and structure — all necessary ingredients for a good story. You will also be guided in script formatting as well as the craft of writing. You will then be able to use this knowledge to embark on the first steps to writing your first script!
So, get ready, get your creative juices flowing and prepare to take the first step into a larger world.
Write on!
Synopsis:
Scriptwriting provides you a basic understanding of the elements of a script as it is written for a film or television program as well as the opportunity to get started on writing an actual script. This guide will cover the three main areas of character, conflict and plot.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this guide, you will be able to:
1. Identify the basic elements of storytelling (characters, conflict, and plot)
2. Use basic script formatting
3. Write, in script format, a two-page scene based off a prose piece
Topics:
The following topics will be covered:
1. Defining A Character
2. Developing A Character
3. What is Conflict?
4. Writing For An Audience
5. Plot & Story
6. The Hero’s Journey
7. Why Write In Script Format?
8. The Craft Of Writing
Elements of Storytelling — Characters Learning Objectives
The basic elements of storytelling are characters, conflict, and plot.
In this topic, you will be able to:
- Explain why characters are important to a story
- Create a three-dimensional character
SCRIPTWRITING — Defining a character
DEFINING A CHARACTER
- Every story starts with a CHARACTER.
- The character is the heart, the soul and the nervous system of your story.
- If there is no character, there will be no story.
DEFINING A CHARACTER
- Why do we need characters in stories?
- Viewers experience emotions through your characters .
- Also, it is through your characters that your viewers are touched.
DEFINING A CHARACTER
- Do you understand what defines a character in a story?
- Take the short quiz at https://goo.gl/K7gKZH
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