Article Planning Sheet: Article 1: Screenwriting for dummies

Article Planning Sheet

Plan the language use of the primary code of your article in the box below.

Article target audience: Film students 

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	My type of article will be a How to and informative article mixed together. The purpose of the article is to inform and provide information on how to write screenplays. This article will be about the process of writing an industry standard film screenplay. This is an educational and beneficial article that will hopefully inspire young people of my target audience to write their own screenplay.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will use 2nd because it connects to the reader on a much higher level than 3rd person but is not first person as it is not my opinion.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The language I will use will be informal to connect easier towards my target audience, reasons for this is because the young age of my target audience will relate and be more comfortable with informal language and this also allows a light feel towards the article making it convey a more friendly and inviting feel. There will be slight use of mild taboo and use of maybe a little bit of colloquial language.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	The style of the article will be very informative and will not try to be clever with the use of different styles. The rhythm of the article will be medium rhythm with a long sentence to every 2 short sentences.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of address for the article will come across matey and trying to connect with the audience however with the informative side to the article it will set a matey but informative serious tone.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure of the whole article will work around the layout designed for the article to fit in. This meaning for the opening paragraphs there will be a short intro, a medium sized paragraph to fill the rest of the text box on the first 2 pages and then the bulk of the writing will be on page 3. It will follow a discourse structure of having a beginning middle and an end in a form. The ending will be a conclusion to summaries all the information in the article and what you can achieve from the articles information.