VIDEO ESSAY SCRIPT

STUDENT NAME: ____Valentina Villamil & Alejandra Clavijo

INTRODUCTION
Background Information:

Tell your audience enough about your topic for everyone to be able to identify who/what you are talking about. The
topic should relate to Entertainment, Development, or Honesty and Integrity. Your thesis needs to be clear and have two
prongs (reasons) that can be developed into full arguments, each with a point, counterpoint, and refutation. You should
try to use relative clauses.

SCRIPT: Outline what you want to say. IMAGES AND TIME: 1 to 1.5
VIDEOS minutes.

HOOK

A phrase to catch the attention of the public: fact, statistics, quote, history...

TOPIC & BACKGROUND You can include the

link for an image
Describe your topic related to your topic.
Video clips should not
REASON/S FOR THE CHOICE be needed here.

Mention the reason/s why you want to talk about this topic

SIGNPOSTING

What is the order of your presentation?

THESIS

What’s your thesis and its 2 prongs?

Argument 1_1.5-2 minutes

Point
Topic sentence + Point IMAGES AND VIDEOS: TIME: Each
You can include an part of the
SCRIPT… image or short video argument
clip that provides should get
evidence to support fairly equal
your argument. Put a time, but it is
link to your source flexible
 and, if video, the according to
seconds you want to your needs.
include. Write down
how many
seconds you
think you
need.

Counterpoint
SCRIPT… IMAGES AND VIDEOS: TIME
You can provide an
image or short video
clip that supports what
other people have
claimed.

Refutation
SCRIPT… IMAGES AND VIDEOS: TIME
This part should be
your conclusion to the
argument and should
not need visual
support.
 Argument 2_1.5-2 minutes
Point
Topic sentence + Point IMAGES AND VIDEOS: TIME: Each
You can include an part of the
SCRIPT… image or short video argument
clip that provides should get
evidence to support fairly equal
your argument. Put a time, but it is
link to your source flexible
and, if video, the according to
seconds you want to your needs.
include. Write down
how many
seconds you
think you
need.

Counterpoint
SCRIPT… IMAGES AND VIDEOS: TIME
You can provide an
image or short video
clip that supports what
other people have
claimed.
 Refutation
SCRIPT… IMAGES AND VIDEOS: TIME
This part should be
your conclusion to the
argument and should
not need visual
support.

Conclusion_1-1.5 minutes
Summarize arguments and restate thesis
SCRIPT… IMAGES AND VIDEOS TIME

This section probably

does not need visual
evidence since it is your
own conclusions.
 THANK YOUR AUDIENCE
SCRIPT…