Write a two-minute-long script with a minimum of two characters. The rule-of-thumb is a page ( single spaced ) of dialogue will last about two minutes. Write about what you know or about anything you imagine. The subject, period, place, and language are totally up to you. It is not a film, show dont tell, the actors should speak and perform the actions. It is best to keep the cast small and the location(s) simple with a minimum of stage direction. You will be collaborating with your classmates on how to produce your work as you will work with them on their scripts in a support capacity, such as director, scenic designer, sound designer, costume designer, composer, sound designer, etc. Post your script for class comments in the “Discussions” link.
Discussion Board Question: In a play or film of your choosing, describe one of these elements of storytelling (exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, resolution)?
Exposition: The background, history, or back story, that sets up the plot.
Inciting Incident: the event that sets everything in motion. This moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story.
Rising Action: Tension increases as the story’s central conflict grows through successive plot development
Climax: The most intense point in the development of a story, its culmination, the point of maximum intensity, or its major turning point.
Falling Action: Occurs after the climax and begins the resolution.
Resolution: The final solution to the “problem” in the story.
