Project Dashboard
UCA
Review the parsed scene text, extracted dialogue, and generated shot list before moving toward prompt creation.
Estimated duration
242s
Location
CLASSROOM
Time of day
DAY
Characters
CHARACTER
This is an example of a film script. What you are reading now is known as "action description" which describes what is going on in the scene visually. This stretches across the width of the page, unlike dialogue. Action description should be broken into small bits, 3-5 lines in length. Keep things like "close-up" and "long shot" out of the script. The script is about the story and the story alone! The director and his crew will decide how the story will be told in the most visually effective manner. -- 2 of 3 --
CHARACTER
My name is Character, and I am speaking dialogue!
CHARACTER
(angry) I’m speaking dialogue, too, and I’m angry! Directions like the one above should be kept to a minimum. These parentheticals can be used to signify emotion (angry), for clarification (to Jennifer), or to describe short actions that would not necessitate an entire action description (fidgeting). Here’s some more action! The Inciting Incident (a.k.a. the "Major Dramatic Question") should be established early. The Inciting Incident is why you’re writing the script; it’s what the film is trying to resolve ("Will Dorothy get home?" in The Wizard of Oz, for example). For a feature length script (around 90-120 pages), the Inciting Incident will appear somewhere around page 15-17. In a short film script (around 20-30 pages), it will appear around pages 1-3. The length of the script determines where the Inciting Incident will be. So, the shorter the script, the earlier the Inciting Incident!
CHARACTER
Characters all have an objective/goal, and there will be
CHARACTER
other characters that stand in their way of reaching that objective/goal. Conflict between the protagonist and antagonist(s)is the core of all scripts! More often than not, the protagonist’s super objective (main goal) will be related to the Inciting Incident.
CHARACTER
Don’t forget that this character has an objective, too. All characters, no matter how small, should have an objective and purpose in the story. If they don’t, get rid of them!
Shot 1
This Is An Example Of
This is an example of a film script
Shot 2
What You Are Reading Now
What you are reading now is known as "action description" which describes what is going on in the scene visually
Shot 3
This Stretches Across The Width
This stretches across the width of the page, unlike dialogue
Shot 4
Action Description Should Be Broken
Action description should be broken into small bits, 3-5 lines in length
Shot 5
Keep Things Like Close-up And
Keep things like "close-up" and "long shot" out of the script
Shot 6
The Script Is About The
The script is about the story and the story alone! The director and his crew will decide how the story will be told in the most visually effective manner. -- 2 of 3 --