Script
Basics
•Acts
Most scripts breakdown into 3 acts.
Beginning - set up the story
Middle - create the conflict
End - resolve the conflict
Most scripts breakdown into 3 acts.
Beginning - set up the story
Middle - create the conflict
End - resolve the conflict
•Plot
Points
Key events that change or greatly complicate the action, and keep the story moving forward in a new direction.
Key events that change or greatly complicate the action, and keep the story moving forward in a new direction.
Opening Scene/ Life Balance
Catalyst/ Big Event
Climax/ Resolution
•Scenes
A dramatic unit that defines the setting in which the action takes place. It tells whether a scene is interior or exterior, the location and time.
INT. - Bedroom - Morning
A dramatic unit that defines the setting in which the action takes place. It tells whether a scene is interior or exterior, the location and time.
INT. - Bedroom - Morning
•Beats
Markers for changes in character relationships and story situations within a scene.
Markers for changes in character relationships and story situations within a scene.
