Drama: scripted Here we will be working with scripts... creating them... performing them... and evaluating interpretations.

What is a script? A script consists of the lines and instructions needed for an actor to perform a part. They are set out in a similar way. The setting is given Entrances and exits are shown Act 2, scene 2 (Outside Juliet’s house. Romeo enters.) ROMEO: He jests at scars that never felt a wound. (Juliet appears on her balcony.) But soft what light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun. Capitals for names Stage directions are in brackets The actor's lines start at the same place

You should have created something like this: Creating a script You should have created something like this: Scene 1 (Outside the school gates. Joe and Chris are talking.) JOE: I waited for you last night, but you didn’t turn up. What happened? CHRIS: I tried to come but my dad made me stay at home and do my homework. (Sally enters.) SALLY: What was the film like? JOE: I don’t know. I didn’t see it. Discuss the changes that have taken place.

Creating a script You can also help the actors by saying how the words should be spoken and by giving any extra actions. Scene 1 (Outside the school gates. Joe and Chris are talking.) JOE: I waited for you last night, but you didn’t turn up. What happened? CHRIS: (apologetically) I tried to come but my dad made me stay at home and do my homework. (Sally enters. She drops her bag on the floor.) SALLY: What was the film like? JOE: (sulkily) I don’t know. I didn’t see it. Put directions at start Use present tense

Telling a story The story in a script is told through the words and actions of the characters. You cannot have bits of narration, saying how the characters feel. Neither can you have narration which tells you, for example, that five years have passed. Everything must be told through the words of the characters.

Or create you own imaginative Plenary Remember that they should be set out in a particular way. Working with scripts can be great fun. Get together and create your own. Or create you own imaginative interpretation of an existing script. Maybe the next stop is Hollywood!