 Scene headings locate the action for audience and production. Scene no + title F/X (Sound effect) Character 1 name: Character 2 name: Dialogue Dialogue Scene headings Scene Heading Action CHARACTER NAME Dialogue How to construct a radio script  Far more reliant on the subtleties of speech How to construct a TV script  Radio is an aural medium  We still need to show, not tell  We can’t rely on physical descriptions, so what else is going to put the listener in the world?  What are people not saying? Radio Scripts  TV is a visual medium  We need to show, not tell  What does everything look like? (characters/setting)  Does it have to be said? Can it be shown?  Camera angles (this is the director’s job, so let him/her do it)  Every movement, unless important to the story (also the director’s job)  How to say every line (give the actors a chance)  Soundtrack – unless important to the story  Title sequence (post-production) TV Scripts

 Give clear instructions for a production  Be aware of the specifics of our medium (ie TV = visual, radio = aural)  Give actors clear indication of characters  Create the world in which the action takes place  Write a compelling plot with fizzing dialogue Not our job as writers…  Actors  Script editors  Directors  Producers  Broadcasters  Agents  Costume/Make-up  Set Designers And ultimately… AN AUDIENCE So always remember Scripts are the basis for a production in a different medium.

THEY NEED TO BE A BLOODY GOOD READ! Who is a novel for?  Scripts have another purpose  They are a set of directions for a production  The reader isn’t (hopefully) the final destination BUT  To get to their final destination… Super Scripts Mary Evans What is a script?

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