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Codes and Conventions of PLAY SCRIPTS

Codes and Conventions of PLAY SCRIPTS. What is a play script?. Wherefore art my lunch?. A play script is usually a fictional story written to be performed as a visual and live production. P lay script conventions. Ooooh na na , what’s my name?.

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Codes and Conventions of PLAY SCRIPTS

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  1. Codes and Conventions of PLAY SCRIPTS

  2. What is a play script? Wherefore art my lunch? A play script is usually a fictional story written to be performed as a visual and live production.

  3. Play script conventions Oooohnana, what’s my name? Play scripts typically include details about: Setting Dialogue Stage directions Scene instructions Character descriptions Character names

  4. Play script conventions Play scripts use colons to identify specific character dialogue, and brackets to identify stage directions. We thought you said One Direction!

  5. Play script conventions They DON’T include speech marks. I’m always ready for school!

  6. Examples of play scripts: Death of a Salesman Character description Setting Dialogue Stage directions Character names

  7. Examples of play scripts: Pygmalion Character description Stage directions Dialogue Character names

  8. Examples of play scripts: Pygmalion Sometimes play scripts are adapted to become… Really bad good musicals And even worse better films

  9. Examples of play scripts Play scripts are also adapted for radio NO

  10. Over the next few lessons we will be… Smarter than your average bear… Looking at lots of examples of playscripts and identifying the key features using the play deconstruction kit

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