Below is a brief guide on how to write a video script and sample script document

Types of Video scripts

Below are some of the video scripts that you should know

• Talk show scripts
• Play scripts
• Educational scripts
• Documentaries scripts
• Magazines scripts
• Feature story scripts
• News scripts
• Television Scripts
• Youtube Video Scripts
• Social Media Video Script
• Explainer Videos
• Marketing Videos

Video Script Writing Steps

The steps of writing a video scripts are;

• Draw a table and divide it into six columns (on office word)
• Add the following headings  to the six columns;
• Column 1: Shot number
• Column 2: Visual –action that will be shot (for instance children playing, girl crying, people singing)
• Column 3: Shot (for instance medium long shot)
• Column 4: Narration or Voice Over (what is going to be narrated in your script)
• Column 5: Background Music or Audio
• Column 6:  Location (where  the video will be shot)

Type of shots used

Some of the shots you can use when shooting include

• Medium long shot (MLS)
• Medium shot (MS)
• Medium too shot (M2S)
• Long shot (LS)
• Close up (CU)

Sample Video Script

Below is a sample video script;

NOTE: You can download pdf or doc of the sample tv script from muthurwa.com