WHat is a script?
A script is the written text of a film. It tells all the actors what to say, how to say it and what actions they need to do in the scene.
WHy is a script important?
Benefits of writing a script
For the Sponsor and Communications officer…
This information is taken from a website we did research on called oxondigital.co.uk
For the Sponsor and Communications officer…
- By producing a script you can gain top-level approval, control what gets covered in the programme, run it past stakeholders…the legal team – maybe even avoid a global PR disaster.
- Being able to identify in advance key personnel, locations, props etc. enables scheduling and making them, or alternatives, available.
- Steering the film toward meeting expectations – being more likely to deliver the what, where, when and how – within time and budget.
- People rarely like being ‘thrown in at the deep-end’ and this applies to professionals too (they are less naive about potential pitfalls). Whether it’s the Director of Photography who needs to bring the right gear or the Broadcast Presenter who wants to preview the wording, they can respond better if they are prepared. Also, if you give them the ‘heads-up’ they often share a lot of practical advice, that will help you plan.
- You can ensure your dialogue and or titles directly refer to important information that could get overlooked as production pressures increase.
- If you intend to distribute your video on the internet, writing a script means you can be sure to incorporate important, relevant ‘keywords’ in your script/dialogue that can be picked up by speech recognition systems. These are employed by search engines to index content, which may improve your natural search results. (Youtube’s built-in transcription ‘automatic captions’ may not always be 100% accurate, so we recommend you upload your own transcript in the Video Manager section of your channel). Whichever method you choose captions can make your video more visible to search engines and more accessible to people.
This information is taken from a website we did research on called oxondigital.co.uk
Examples of scripts...
our script...
For our opening title sequence, we decided that only a small script would be needed. This is because we wanted our audience's attention to be more focused on the scary soundtrack and sound effects and the action in the scene, rather than lots of dialogue. We have only one main character in the film (our stalker) and the site of activity that we see in the O.T.S obviously wouldn't be featured in the rest of the film because she dies.
Twisted Productions: Imprint
Shot 1
Elle: (look in mirror)
Shot 2
Elle: (put on coat and play with hair)
Shot 3
(lights go off)
Elle: Hello? (walk towards door) Hello?
Shot 4
Elle: (peer into cubicle)
Callum: (jump up behind Elle and drag her
Elle: (screams)
Shot 5
Callum: (pull coat away from elle. Stab repeatedly. Drag through pool of blood back into toilet)
Shot 6
Elle: (stay still and look dead)
Callum: (throw knife down into pool of blood by dead body)
Shot 1
Elle: (look in mirror)
Shot 2
Elle: (put on coat and play with hair)
Shot 3
(lights go off)
Elle: Hello? (walk towards door) Hello?
Shot 4
Elle: (peer into cubicle)
Callum: (jump up behind Elle and drag her
Elle: (screams)
Shot 5
Callum: (pull coat away from elle. Stab repeatedly. Drag through pool of blood back into toilet)
Shot 6
Elle: (stay still and look dead)
Callum: (throw knife down into pool of blood by dead body)