Write a two-minute-long script with a minimum of two characters. The rule-of-thumb is a page and half page  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 don’t 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.

Rubric Exercise 7 (1)

Rubric Exercise 7 (1)

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning

Outcome Original script

Write a two-minute-long script with

a minimum of two characters. The

rule-of-thumb is a page, and a half of

dialogue will last about two minutes.

“Show don’t tell,”, the

characters

should speak and perform

the

actions. Keep the cast small and the

locations minimal with a minimum

of stage direction. Your script will

serve as the basis for following

collaborative exercises. Post your

script in the Discussion Board for the

exercise. IT IS NOT A FILM; IT IS

A

PLAY!

7 pts

Exceeds

expectations

The student

creates a scene

at least 2

minutes long

with at least two

characters

interacting. The

scene has a

beginning,

middle, and end

and one

character wants

one thing and

the other wants

something else.

IT IS NOT A

FILM; IT IS A

PLAY!

6 pts

Meets

expectations

The scene

occasionally

uses narration

and cinematic

storytelling

“devices”

instead of

having the

actors convey

action through

language.

5 pts

Meets
expectations

The scene is

too short and

uses narration
and cinematic
storytelling
“devices”
instead of
having the
actors convey
action through
language.

4 pts

Does not

meet

expectations
The student

posts a scene

that is too

short and is a

narration or a

film script.

3 pts

Does not
meet

expectations.

The student

posts a script

that is too

short and does

not follow

directions.

0 pts

No Marks

The student

does not do

the

assignment.

7 pts

Total Points: 7

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