Introduction
After you've conducted your research, you need to plan your production.
For audio visual Any media product such as a TV programme, film, magazine, video game, newspaper, music track or album created for an audience., a script or storyboard is an essential part of this process.
Script writing
Scripts are written in a specific format which varies from A type or category of media text; TV, film, magazines, newspapers, websites and video games are all examples of genres. to genre; the format for a situation comedy is different from a television drama.
The BBC Writer's Room is a useful resource where you can compare the different script formats and get some inspiration.
When writing a script you should:
- Consider the narrative The familiar tools used by media texts to communicate ideas through technical, visual and audio techniques of your chosen genre and the narrative structure you want to use, for example, your script could be To follow a series of events in real time without the use of flashbacks or flash-forwards. or A disjointed narrative..
- Write believable characters the audience will Show understanding of how someone else feels. with. The situations the characters find themselves in don’t have to be believable but the characters do. For example, Doctor Who is science-fiction but the character of the Doctor has recognisable qualities we understand even if he is time-travelling.
- Write more than one draft of your script, you won’t get it right first time so write and rewrite.
- Ask someone else to read it and give you feedback.
You won't get your script right first time, you will have to write and re-write.
