Yr 12 OCR Media Studies

Screenplay Drafting

Learning Objectives:

1. To evaluate your audience research findings.

2. To draft a screen play for your Foundation Portfolio
main task
Starter: Homework Findings
TASK: Gather the findings from your
audience research. Each member of the
group should have 10 completed
questionnaires (online or on paper).

Then, as a group produce a table or graph to

display the findings for each question.

Post your tables/graphs to each of your

blogs.
Audience Research Summary
TASK: Each write a summary blog post
answering each of these questions:
1. What conclusions can you make about your findings? What do
they tell you?

2. Who is your target audience?

3. How are you going to make your opening sequence appeal to

your audience?

4. Is there anything else you need to know about your target

audience?
 Treatment Re-write
TASK: As a group you must write up your final
treatment and upload it to your blogs.

You must include a clear outline of your opening

sequence idea for the entire 2 minutes. Identify
camera, mise-en-scene, sound and editing
techniques that you intend to use.

This will then be used to develop your

screenplay and storyboard.
 Draft Screenplay
TASK: Start writing the screenplay for
your 2 minute opening sequence, you
must include:

1. Description of each character.

2. Description of the settings.
3. Dialogue between characters.
4. SFX and music you will use.
 Use Courier font
in size 12.
Format Example
Double space.
BLOCK
CAPITALS for AARON
What are you talking about?
characters’ names
GRADY
and settings. (walks on with Jack)
The American way. Pleasant dreams, Mr. Root.

EXT. OKLAHOMA-TEXAS HIGHWAY MORNING

Sunrise, this one all pink and gold.
The black Chrysler pulling the black trailer, rolling on Highway 33, passing the sign:
Welcome to Texas!

Aaron following in his orange and white rig, passing a gas station.

INT. GAS STATION DAY

A kid looking out the plate glass toward the highway. He's about 17, in a well-used
station shirt.

KID
(running toward the bays)
You see that? We gotta go!