scriptwriting practice script

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( please use FinalDraft )

Write a five-to-10-page script (no more) that centers around a group of friends – three to five characters (no more) – attending a “game night” get-together. You pick the game. You pick the location(s). Be entertaining!

Through good dialogue, be sure to explain to the audience who these characters are and why they’re all together. Keep in mind the audience knows nothing about these people and their back-story thus far.

Tell the rest of the story through dialogue and action – and be sure it’s filmable action.

Think about time. Create multiple scene headings (and, if you like, locations).

Be creative. Have something – or many things – happen to the characters.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Learn to explain story details through dialogue.

2. Learn proper script formatting.

3. Learn to craft original “entertainment.”