Video 2
Short Story Script
25 Points Possible
Instructions: As a group you are to collaboratively write your short story script. Select one typist. The director must make sure that all group members contribute. It is especially important that the actors suggest their own lines. Turn in one copy with all names on the server.
Review the Script Format Exercise.
Make sure your work follows the following rubric:
Grading Rubric (Used
in Teen Digital Reel)
Script
formatting:
0 1 2 3 Does the script begin with a correctly formatted Cover Page?
0 1 2 3 Is Direction, including action, scene and character description, and atmosphere (mood) correctly emarginated flush left?
0 1 2 3 Is all the information in Direction in the present tense?
0 1 2 3 Are character names in all caps the first time they are mentioned in the
Direction:
0 1 2 3 Is all Dialogue placed in the center third of the page, including the names of the characters speaking (in all caps), and any parenthetical comments concerning the language and its manner of delivery?
0 1 2 3 Is the right-hand third of the page reserved for Transitional Elements or Camera Directions, such as “Cut To:” and “Fade Out”?
Script
Content:
0 1 2 3 Are
the Elements of Dramatic Writing clearly evident, such as Exposition,
Rising Action, Climax, and Resolution?
0 1 2 3 Does the script provide adequate Character Development? Are Character motivations clear?
0 1 2 3 Does the Plot present continuous and unified Action; are all the events of the Plot necessary for the integrity of the Story?