Script Research!

For my trailer I have to create a script which would outline my story and what I want be to say and also give  everyone an idea of what I would like the trailer to be like. This is necessary as every film and TV programme has a script which even used could change during filming but helps outline what the scene would be.

The main things needed to write a script is:

• Stage Directions
• Dialogue
• Descriptions of what is happening through out the scenes

In class I looked at the How I Met Your Mother Pilot script and then discussed what is in the script and what had changed as I watched the scene from the pilot:

- The script was different to the episode which meant that it changed during the reading or during the scene they decided to add new things to it but in doing so has made the scene funnier and better than the 2nd draft.

Then I watched the rest of the episode and had to look at what could be changed or if it is alright as it is:

- I think that everything in that episode was fine as it is and that it was funny which meant that everything want as well as they planned.

So after I looked at the How I Met Your Mother script I looked at a  movie script and a TV show script, whilst looking at the scripts I looked at what was important to the script and what it had to look like. The first script I looked at was Ace Ventura Pet Detective, this is part of the script:

INT. 3RD FLOOR - DAY

ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN. The UPS Man throws the package out onto the floor and starts kicking it down the hall like a soccer player. With one last big kick the parcel lands in front of APARTMENT 3B. He picks it up and knocks on the door.

We hear a small dog barking.

GRUFF MAN (O.S.)

Shut the hell up, you stupid mutt!

An angry, burly man pokes his nose hairs out the chained door.

GRUFF MAN

What do you want?

UPS MAN

UPS, sir. And how are you this afternoon? Alrighty then!

The man grumpily unchains the door. He's a big guy - 6'5", 250, and 50 of that is chest hair. A small Shiatsu stands beside him.

UPS MAN

I have a package for you.

The UPS guy thrusts the package toward the man. We can clearly hear broken glass inside. The man takes the package.

GRUFF MAN

It sounds broken.

UPS MAN

Most likely sir! I bet it was something nice though! Now... I haver an insurance form. If you'll just sign here, here, and here, and initial here, and print your name here, we'll get the rest of the forms out to you as soon as we can.

The man begrudgingly begins to fill out the form. The dog wags his tail and whines. We can see that he likes the UPS guy.

UPS MAN

That's a lovely dog you have. Do you mind if I pet him, sir?

GRUFF MAN

(mumbles)

I don't give a rat's ass.

The UPS Man bends down and talks to the dog in a really sucky pet talk.

UPS MAN

Oo ja boo ba da boo boo do booo!

GRUFF MAN

(under breath)

Brother.

Before the Gruff Man can finish, the UPS Man stands back up and takes the form again.

Whilst looking at the script I found out that:

• It gives a simple yet detailed information about the characters in the scene
• They mentions if the scene is in outside (EXT) or inside (INT)
• They describe in detail what is happening in the scene
• The dialogue is written in the exact way the film has been done

Then I looked at a TV show script, whilst looking at the script I thought about the same things as the movie script and if there was anything different. The script I looked at was the pilot episode for the Teen Wolf, this part of the script:

INT. MCCALL HOME/HALLWAY - NIGHT
Scott silently slips into the hallway and peers into another bedroom. His mother, MELISSA McCALL, late thirties, both remarkably strong and remarkably beautiful, sleeps over the covers of the bed, fully clothed as if she’d just passed out after having walked in. Scott eases her door shut as--
EXT. MCCALL HOME - NIGHT
The glass door to the porch slides open. Now armed with a BASEBALL BAT, Scott starts for the yard. Breath held tight, he moves cautiously off the porch steps.
THE SOUND OF MOVEMENT stops him cold.
Holding still, he peers left and right as he white-knuckles the bat, ready to swing. When his eyes wander up to the side of house he sees--
A DARK FIGURE climbing the vine-wrapped TRELLIS. Before Scott even knows what’s happening, the figure BREAKS free and comes HURTLING toward him.
Scott HOLLERS in terror as an upside down face appears in front of him. He almost swings the bat before realizing who it is.
SCOTT
Stiles, what the hell are you
doing?
STILES
You weren’t answering your phone.
Feet caught in the trellis, STILES hangs in front of Scott. A sixteen year-old with boundless energy, he continues talking upside down as if this were a perfectly normal way to have a conversation.
 STILES (CONT'D)

I know it’s late, but you gotta’
hear this. I saw my dad leave twenty minutes ago. Dispatch called. They’re bringing in every officer from the Beacon department and even State Police.
SCOTT For what?

2.

STILES
Two joggers found a body in the
woods.
SCOTT A dead body?
STILES
No, a body of water. Yes, dumbass,
a dead body.
Reaching up to pull himself free of the trellis, he lands on his feet in front of Scott.
SCOTT
You mean like murdered?
STILES
Nobody knows yet. Just that it was
a girl, probably in her twenties.
SCOTT
Hold on. If they found a body, what
are they looking for now?
STILES
That’s the best part. They only

found half.

Whilst looking at the script I found out that:

• It tells me where the scene is set and what time of day
• It gives an in-depth description of what is happening in the scene
• Some of the words are written in capital letters which is to show a dramatic part is going to happen in that scene
• The dialogue was simple and easy to read and suggests a teenage language
• The dialogue mentions if the character is continuing to talk
• The word in italic means that he is been dramatic or being sarcastic