http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/eastenders_872.pdf

/1 EASTENDERS

EPISODE EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO

BY

Marc Peirson

(4th draft)

DURATION (08.00 - 19.20) DAY AFTER PREVIOUS EPISODE

LOT

SCENE 872/1. EXT. OUTSIDE THE VIC. DAY (08.00)

(TRADERS BUSTLE IN THE MARKET. TERESA THREADS HER WAY THROUGH, CARRYING AN ARMFUL OF STOCK. LISA PASSES. BEPPE COMES OUT OF THE CAFÉ.)

LISA: Morning Teresa!

(TERESA SEES BEPPE AND HIDES OUT OF SIGHT. BEPPE REACTS TO LISA’S GOOD MORNING AND LOOKS AROUND PUZZLED. HE MOVES ON.

GRANT JOGS ALONG BRIDGE STREET. HE PASSES BEPPE HEADING FOR E20 AND SNEERS AT HIM.

GRANT JOGS PAST JAMIE AT THE BOOKSTALL AND TERESA SETTING UP. HE STOPS BY THE RAILINGS WHERE TIFFANY’S FLOWERS ARE.

HE LOOKS ACROSS TO SEE FRANK WITH RICKY OUTSIDE THE PUB)

FRANK:

(IRONIC) Good Morning Grant.

(FRANKS SMILES. GRANT SNEERS AND JOGS OFF)

RICKY: What’s his problem?

This script is more detailed than the outnumbered one. It is also set differently, the name of the progrmme is first and then the episode, who this is written by and then what number draft it is. It then says the duration and when this takes place.  It then starts the scene by saying were it is and the time wereas the other script does not say the time is just says the day. All the text is to the left hand side unlike the other, it has a brief of what will happen then the name of the person who speaks and what they say next to it. This script like the other is also a mix of dialouge and actions but, in this script they tend to be sepearte unless there is a small one for the person speaking. This one is also much more detail to it, for example it gives you much more information about what is happening in the scene, whereas the other just says what that particular character will be doing. Also all the actions are written in capital letters, maybe this is because the writer wants the actress/actor to be aware what is happening so has made it stand out, i like this idea and could use this in my script to make it clear what is happening. In the little section i have picked out, unlike the other there is six mentions of charcters, this shows me that the sceneray they are in broadens the amount of charcters metioned and speaking. I could adapt this idea to my script, to make it feel more real like the audience wanted.