“SCREENPLAY FORMAT”
EXT. IN CENTRAL LONDON #1 – NIGHT
The cold breezy air hits Rosie’s face as she waits patiently for a taxi cab. Rosie looses patience as she has been waiting for 20 minutes. She starts walking down Oxford Street trying to get noticed by any passing taxi.
CHARACTER #1
Rosie: 20 minutes, this is a joke!
[Rosie put her hand out at a random taxi cab that passed by.]
CHARACTER #2:
[The Taxi driver slams on the breaks as he sees a young girl trying to get his attention.]
[He stops, letting her get into his taxi cab.]
CHARACTER #1:
Rosie: Finally!
[Rosie gets into the taxi cab, pulling her bag further on her shoulder, slamming the cab door shut.]
Rosie: Can you please take me to London Bridge.
CHARACTER #2:
[Taxi Driver looks at Rosie, and then looks away.]
Taxi driver: Hmm
[Taxi driver turns around again, looks at Rosie one more time, and then drives in a different direction.]
CHARACTER #1:
[Rosie’s facial expression turns into a worried look.]
Rosie: Um sir, I think you’re going the wrong way.
This is my formatted script, which includes all the key features that a real script requires, which makes it look professional.
Kayleigh
ReplyDeleteExcellent work. You have shown that you understand many of the conventions of writing a script, including using Courier New font, putting the character names in capitals and indenting dialogue
MERIT AO1
To make this even better you could do the following:
- Indent the character names TWICE by pressing the TAB key twice
- Indent the dialogue ONE tab spacing (don't use centred text. This makes it hard to read)
- make sure your action (business) describes what we SEE. If there is a cold breeze how do we know? What does the character do that shows they are cold?The audience can't tell it's cold unless we see evidence of it in the character's behaviour, such as pulling their collar up around their next, or putting on a scarf or shuddering in the cold etc.
Good work.
Mr Monahan :-)
Also, make sure you give your characters names. Character 1 and Character 2 becomes confusing if the characters use each other's names in the dialogue.
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