How to write a good script.

We had to write 4 explanations in three weeks in term 3 and this is one of the explanations I wrote on how to write a good script for film making.

 How to write a good script

Have you ever wondered how some of your favourite movies are made? How they come up with the best one-liners? Well that all comes from a script but how do you write a good script? I will be explaining how to do this today.

Characters: The first thing about writing a good script is the characters you need main characters, sub-characters and possibly just other random characters but let's stick with the main and sub-characters. So you need to have the types of characters so let's have 4 main characters usually in a movie there is a person who is funny and stupid, there is a serious one, a hero big ego kind of person and the leader who is the real main character. So when you're making main characters you want to have a backstory on how they met or how they feel about each other. Also, it's always great to have the two characters who are at each other constantly.

The scene: When setting the scene you want to Make it clear that this is where it's happening and if you change the scene make it clear that you have changed the scene like this for example. A classroom. In the classroom, Tim was by the math corner and Jessica was in the library corner. And if I change the scene to in the nature walk in the nature walk, Jessica was by the flowers, Tim walked up to her. Make sure everyone reading/watching knows where the scene is and where everyone else is.

Speech: In a script, you need the characters to talk that is kind of the main thing in a script in fact probably just what the script is at all. So when adding speech you want it to be easy and clear to read you know the actors reading it don't ask this doesn't make sense. But you want to make some things funny and when you have a funny character you want to make sure they always have the best funny lines. Plus when it’s a serious situation try to make it serious but possibly a bit of sarcasm or jokes can be fine once the seriousness is established.


So when writing a script make sure you have good characters, a good scene, and great speech since that is the biggest part of a script. Writing scripts is really fun as you can create new worlds and explore many different things. I hope this explanation helped you.


By Anika