Narrative Storytelling

Script Basics

•Acts
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.

                      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

•Beats
Markers for changes in character relationships and story situations within a scene.