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Theatre Arts for Advanced Secondary Schools

(c) Describe the actions, for example, leaves are falling, toddler is walking
towards her mother.

(d) Describe transitions between shots, for example, cut, dissolve, fade in,
fade out, super, wipe etc.
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(e) Describe different types of sound: SFX, Sound on Tape (SoT), Music,
Ambient Sound, Soundtrack, Background music and how they appear
and how they are used into the scenes, for example played under, fade
under, fade out, fade in etc.

(f) Write slightly off the pictures. Don’t describe the picture but your words
should not be completely removed from what is being seen.

(g) Descriptive imagery is irrelevant in writing for screen, for example, a cold
night, in a screen play you have to show someone shivering or putting on
a sweater.

(h) Write to be made and not to be read. The script should provide the crew
and talent important information and instructions on how and what should
be done to make the film or TV drama.

Activity 2.4

1. Read any script from the internet or other sources, then highlight the
types of parentheticals used.

2. Write a screenplay while putting into consideration its elements of
format.

Stage play

A play is a literary work written for the theatre that dramatises events through the
performance of dialogue, actions and stage directions. A stage play is a dramatic
performance of a story on a stage or theatre. The authors of stage plays, are
called playwrights, and their task is to structure the performances into acts and
scenes. These acts and scenes help build the tension and they present the story in
a compelling way for the audience.

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