Character Sketch & Situations
Today, after your journal exercise, we'll take a look at some tv scripting advice.
Once you get in your television writing teams, please complete the following during period 1.
Together, for each MAJOR character in your series, create a white index card with their name, short physical description, and personality description.
Together, do the same for minor characters.
For the episode you are writing, working by yourself add any specific characters you are likely to need.
Together, brainstorm and create a season of 6 episodes (the BBC standard). On one side of the index card (a total of 6 of them) write out the premise and basic plot of the episode in what is called a LOG LINE. On that same side, name the characters that will appear in the episode.
A logline is a one-sentence summary of your script. It's a short blurb in TV guides that tells you what a movie or show is about that helps you decide if you're interested in seeing it. It's the hook that will get a viewer to watch.
Your logline answers the question: What is your story about?
The back of the card is where you can indicate more details about the episode. For example:
In the library (2nd period) please work on this project.
HOMEWORK: Complete your horror/mystery book. Read the handout on horror/suspense writing.
Once you get in your television writing teams, please complete the following during period 1.
Together, for each MAJOR character in your series, create a white index card with their name, short physical description, and personality description.
Together, do the same for minor characters.
For the episode you are writing, working by yourself add any specific characters you are likely to need.
Together, brainstorm and create a season of 6 episodes (the BBC standard). On one side of the index card (a total of 6 of them) write out the premise and basic plot of the episode in what is called a LOG LINE. On that same side, name the characters that will appear in the episode.
A logline is a one-sentence summary of your script. It's a short blurb in TV guides that tells you what a movie or show is about that helps you decide if you're interested in seeing it. It's the hook that will get a viewer to watch.
Your logline answers the question: What is your story about?
The back of the card is where you can indicate more details about the episode. For example:
Log Line: A group of survivors from a plane crash find themselves stranded on a deserted island.Once your group has 6 episodes and character cards for the show, choose among the episodes and EACH WRITER will write an episode.
Jack, a medical doctor on his way home from Australia, wakes up in the forest after a plane crash. He spends the first part of the episode helping the other victims of the crash. In act two, the survivors begin to settle down and meet each other. In act three Jack and a few survivors argue when trying to decide how to survive on the strange island, eventually agreeing to work together.
In the library (2nd period) please work on this project.
HOMEWORK: Complete your horror/mystery book. Read the handout on horror/suspense writing.
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