How to prepare SCRIPT for SHORT FILMS

Script preparation of feature films involves several processes. But a short film can be made without all that stuff. A basic knowledge on some aspects are enough to achieve a good script.
The scripting part of the story consists of 3 major categories.

• Story
• Screenplay
• Dialogues

But, there is one more thing to prepare before going into these works. That is "Single line Order" preparation. Single line order or one line order is the short form of writing content of the film. To say more accurately, the story of the film will be written in a rough manner in a very short size which can be explained in 5 to 10 minutes to anyone.

The single line order helps to get a clear base for the writer to prepare the entire script and it also helps him to narrate the story in a short time to his team or any others without any difficulty and without making them to feel bored.

[ Few people first goes with the story and then they prepares a one line order for easy narration. This process can be done according to the writer's comfort. But preparing the one line order primarily is suggestible advice as it would be easy to compose the story with this as a base line. ]

The next step is the STORY.

With this one line order as the base, the story gets elaborated. The entire story of the film will be written in few pages as we read a story in a book. The story may also be considered as the blue print of the movie.

Next, we'll step into SCREENPLAY

In this section, the written story will be written in the form of number of scenes. The presentation of the film completely depends on the screenplay itself. More number of scenes may increase the time duration which may not be apt for a short film and the less number of scenes may not put the exact content which we want to project. So, a lot of care must be taken while writing the screenplay.

Now, the scenes are ready for the DIALOGUES

Dialogue writing is the most important task. The conversations among the characters must be interesting and apt. A viewer gets connected to the movie with complete attention if the dialogues are properly written.

They must be prepared by keeping few parameters like artist's dialogue delivery, their character, mood of the scene and the intensity required. Anything higher or lower than the required feel in the dialogue may look awkward.

These are the basic things to know for the script preparation.

[There is a separate format of script writing used officially which will be explained in the further posts. As it is not so easy for a starter to understand it, i din't explained that format here.]

[There are number of theories, precautions, rules and regulations for the preparation of script which will be discussed in the further posts. But this basic information is enough for making a short film. The entire subject of the script writing is a deep subject. i'll surely give my best to let u know about them in the further posts.]