English Composition Week 4

Creative Writing: Screenplays What is a screenplay? A screen play is: A story written as a script Written for the television or cinema screen

English Composition Week 4 What are the main parts of a screen play? Action Scene setting Dialogue Direction

English Composition Week 4 The action tells the director and actors what is happening in a movie.

English Composition Week 4 Action includes: What the scene looks like What the characters look like What the characters are doing And what is happening in the background

English Composition Week 4 Action that sets a scene begins with the words ‘We see…’ It can be very descriptive and Imaginative. It should not do the job of the Director.

English Composition Week 4 Action that sets a scene begins with the words ‘We see…’ It can be very descriptive and Imaginative. It should not do the job of the Director.

English Composition Week 4 If a scene is set in a park then The action might read like this: We see a child’s playing park filled with smiling children, the sound of squeaking can be heard as they rock back and fourth on a swing set. The sun beams down bright and the surrounding grass looks healthy and luscious.

English Composition Week 4 Practice writing action that describes these scenes: An abandoned theatre A busy supermarket Hanshin university Hongdae The beach in summer A hospital A police station

English Composition Week 4 Action should describe a character if it is the first time they have appeared on screen.

English Composition Week 4 Action that describes an old woman might look like this: A woman, Sarah, walks into the room. She is old and frail and her clothes are tattered and discolored. It is clear that she is poor and walks as if she hasn’t been well in some time.

English Composition Week 4 Practice writing action that describes these characters: A superhero A witch A mother A monster A vampire A soldier A Detective

English Composition Week 4 Action should only describe briefly what is happening if you can’t show it in the dialogue. It is the job of choreographers to plan movements that aren’t integral to the story.

English Composition Week 4 Action that describes movement might look like this: Paul stops as he hears the key drop. He falls to his knees and searches for it desperately.

English Composition Week 4 Practice writing action that describes these actions: A fight A car crash A storm A fire Someone falling over A child crying A man escaping prison.

English Composition Week 4 Action can also contain indirect speech.

English Composition Week 4 A scene is a series of events that occur in the same time and place. If the places changes then we start a new scene If the time changes then we start a new scene.

English Composition Week 4 A scene is a series of events that occur in the same time and place. If the places changes then we start a new scene If the time changes then we start a new scene.

English Composition Week 4 To show where and when the scene occurs, we use a scene heading:

English Composition Week 4 There are 3 parts to a scene heading. 1.Inside or outside. 2.Location. 3.Time of day.

English Composition Week 4 This is written as one line. Example: INT. KITCHEN – DAY TIME

English Composition Week 4 The final and most important part if the script is dialogue.

English Composition Week 4 Dialogue is the words used to tell the story. We write it like this: JOHN Hi Paul, how are you?

English Composition Week 4 Directions tell actor how to act a line. It is written like this: LIAM (Angrily) I can’t believe you ate all the pizza!

INT. RESTAURANT– EVENING We see two teams playing baseball as fans scream and shout, a man sells hotdogs and popcorn and the umpire shouts strike. Simon 32, a tall handsome man is talking to Lisa 22 an annoying woman. SIMON Did you eat all of the chicken?! LISA (RUDELY) Yes I did, you’re getting too fat anyway. Simon gets up and walks off annoyed.