Creative iMedia
R093 – The Media Industry
Block 3 – Pre-production planning
3.33 – Scripts
Scripts are used for products that contain dialogue – people speaking.
These include videos, movies, podcasts, computer games, comics etc...
Scripts have particular layouts that you need to know about and some elements, such as sluglines, that you need to be really clear about how they work.
Scripts Key Learning slides – slides to tell you everything you need to know
The Key Learning slides can be used to answer the questions:
Scripts Knowledge Summary – a printable sheet which summarises the key learning from the slides
Scripts are a little different, so it might help to find out a bit more about them. This includes camera shots which appear in various places in the course.
Five elements on scripts – a little more detail on five things that might be on a script
Camera shots – a summary
There's more information on camera shots on the storyboards page.
A short (1:54) video talking you through the parts of a script:
There are two quizzes you can try to test your understanding:
Different products might require different types of script. Here are some examples:
Example script for a comic book
Example script for narration – where sluglines are not really required
There are some formatting tips to create a good looking script: