Script writing

Story structure

Script format
- title
- character list
- dialogue: what the characters say
- stage directions: what the characters do (in brackets)
A lookout point
Character: Tourist A (manly man), Tourist B (ladylike woman), God, Old lady
Tourist A: (takes selfie) Wow, look! How beautiful the scenery looks from this lookout point!
Tourist B: (takes selfie) Yep! Let’s take some photos, we can be famous on Instagram,
Facebook, youtube!
Tourist A: Hey! (Points at somewhere) The view over there seems even better!
Tourist B: Really?! (Goes there)
Tourist A: (Sees a warning sign) Umm, “Warning. Do not pass. This is a sacred area.”
Haha, who cares!
(Tourist A & B walk past it)
Tourist B: Ouch, the view is better but there are so many rocks (walks slowly and passes a
lot of unseen rocks carefully) What if they tear my beautiful new dress!
Tourist A: Never mind, c'mon let's take a selfie! Don’t worry about that stupid dress! (Tourist
A & B take a selfie) 3, 2, 1--
Tourist B: Wait! Let me move this rock out of the way. It’s spoiling the view.
Tourist A: Ugh, leave this kind of rough work to me, the manly man (moves the rock)
God: (off stage) How-- dare-- you-- move-- my-- holy-- rock! Arr-- (snaps) time freeze!
(Tourists A & B freeze)
God: (appears) Ah, It is a phone! (suddenly becomes very angry) ARRR how come
they can have phones but I can’t have one! I should be the most stylish person
on earth! Um, I will make them suffer! By….. ummm “a manly man” huh? And
such a girly girl in that pretty dress! Hahaha! (snaps) (disappears)
Tourist B: Did you hear that! What, what, what, what happened!
(Tourist A turns into a woman. Tourist B turns into a man.)
Tourist A: (high-pitch voice) What happened?! Ar, my voice!
(Tourist A and B look at each other, surprised)
Tourist B: (low-pitch voice) You look like a girl!
Tourist A: And you look like a boy! As if you have a twin brother!
Tourist B: You too! What should we do now? I don’t want to be a boy! (Old lady comes out)
Tourist A: Oh no, an old lady is coming! I don’t want anyone to see me as a girl! (hides
behind tourist B)
Old lady: Young man, what are you doing in this sacred area? Has anything unusual
happened?
Tourist B: Umm, no. Thank you.
Old lady: Did you two move a rock?
Tourist A & B: (scared) NO!!
Old lady: And did a god appear and change your sex?
Tourist A & B: (scared) NO NO NO!!
Old lady: That’s a shame, I thought that I might be able to help you
Tourist B: Wait! We, we…. We are so sorry we... lied. We did move a rock and a god
appeared and changed our sex… Please, please can you help us.
Old lady: (sighs) It’s alright… I guessed the moment I saw you…. You see, I was a man
before. I came here 20 years ago and moved a rock, just like you.
Tourist A: Really?
Old lady: Yes. I’ve since done some research into it. That god you saw, he is known as
Wakalislaiopolina. He was the most popular of the Gods 3000 years ago in the
ancient civilisation known as Ratibonimikarapino. The locals used to worship him
here, and that’s why it is a sacred area. Old Waka doesn’t like not being so
popular anymore, and he takes it out on whoever comes to his sacred spot.
Tourist B: Is there anything we can do make him change us back?
Old lady: Not unless you know some way of making him popular and loved again.
Tourist A: I know! We can take selfies, shoot videos here, and post them on the internet!
Tourist B: And if our photos and videos go viral, this civilisation, this place, the god
Wakalislaiopolina will be famous!
Old lady: Nice idea, young man, sorry, young lady.
Tourist A: Let’s get started!
(take photos, record video, upload on the internet)
Tourist B: (looking at phone) Here we go: 1 like. 15 likes. 258 likes. 8000 likes. 24,000 likes.
864,000 likes. 999,999 likes.
Tourist A: We only need one more for a million!
Old lady: I might be old, but I’ve also got an account. Like! (likes)
Tourist A, B, Old lady: 1,000,000 likes! Woohoo!
(Very excited. Tourist A accidentally hit a rock.)
God: (off stage) How-- dare-- you-- move-- my-- holy—rock- again!
Tourist B: (bowing on floor) Wakalislaiopolina! Err, your honor! We have done it!
God: DONE-WHAT?
Tourist A: Well, we are here to apologize. We are so so so sorry for accidentally moving
your rock. We beg for your forgiveness.
Tourist B: We have posted some photos and videos on the internet, using this: a mobile
phone. The photos are umm, all about you, you know, you are so popular. Look,
1 million likes!
God: (catches the phone and snaps) Oh my! A phone! Amazing! My sacred site looks
great. YOU—PATHETIC-- MORTALS. WHY WOULD YOU THINK AN
ALMIGHTY GOD LIKE ME WOULD NEED YOUR STUPID MOBILE PHONE
AND YOUR LIKES.
Tourist A/B: (groaning, upset)
God: BUT ANYWAY, I FORGIVE YOU. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.
Tourist A: I want to turn back to a boy!
Tourist B: And I want to turn back to a girl!
God: WISHES GRANTED.
(Tourist A turns into a man. Tourist B turns into a woman.)
God: (to Old lady) AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Old lady: No, thanks. I am used to this body now. It’s fine.
God: AS YOU WISH. (leaves, taking mobile phone with him)
Tourist A: I am a man again!
Tourist B: Yeah, a very manly man, huh?
Old lady: What a happy ending!
Tourist B: Yeah! Let’s take a selfie for all this! Wait-- my phone!
ALL: Wakalislaiopolina!!!!!!

A clothes shop
Characters: an animal-rights activist, shop owner A (becomes a kangaroo), shop owner
B (becomes a tiger), hunter
Shop owner A: New day, new start! We are going to sell a lot of clothes today and
earn big money!
Shop owner B: Yep! Welcome, customers! We have got the best leopard skin
clothes, sheepskin coats, snakeskin shoes…
Shop owner A: Yes that’s right, we are the best animal skin product shop in the
whole town!
(door opens, a man (animal-rights activist) walks in)
Shop owner A: (smile, happy and excited) Welcome to our --
Animal-rights activist: (angry) Who is the shop owner here! I want to talk to him!
Shop owner A: Umm, we both are, sir.
Animal-rights activist: You are, huh? HOW DARE YOU SELL THIS KIND OF PRODUCT?
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ANIMALS HAVE BEEN KILLED
MAKING THESE CLOTHES ?
Shop owner B: Sir, please calm down…
Animal-rights activist: CALM DOWN? HOW CAN I CALM DOWN? MURDERERS, YOU
TWO ARE MURDERERS! DON’T YOU KNOW ABOUT KARMA?
WELL LOOK OUT, YOU ARE CREATING SOME VERY BAD, BAD
KARMA. ONE DAY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE PAIN OF
THOSE ANIMALS! YOU WILL SEE! (curses with fingers, and
leaves)
Shop owner A: (rolls his eyes) Wow bad karma. (ironically) Mummy, I am so scared!
Shop owner B: Yeah. No one believes in these stupid curses.
Shop owner A: Yep. Forget about it! Hey, by the way, yesterday 2 boxes of new
clothes arrived! Guess what they are?
Shop owner B: Umm, sheepskin coats? Or crocodile skin bags?
Shop owner A: Nope. Kangaroo hats and a tiger skin coat.
Shop owner B: Aww great! Let’s try them on!
(Shop owner A tries kangaroo hat and shop owner B tries tiger skin
coat. When they put on the clothes, they turn into a kangaroo/tiger)
Shop owner A: (jumping) oh, this hat is really comfortable.
Shop owner B: (crawling) Yeah, I can even feel the fur.
(Look at each other)
Shop owner A: Help…..help…... there's a tiger in here!
Shop owner B: Forget the tiger! I see a kangaroo jumping in my shop, is that real?
(almost faints)
Shop owner A: wait, is that you, B?
Shop owner B: You are A?
(Both of them gasp in surprise)
Shop owner A: So that means (look down) AAAAAA! There’s a baby in my pouch!
Shop owner B: And I have to eat raw meat from now on, right? But I'm a
vegetarian…..
Shop owner A: The question is, how have we turned into animals?
Shop owner B: (thinking) wait…...wait! The animal-rights activist! It's him! He said
we would have bad karma. This is what he was talking about. He did
this to us!
Shop owner A: What should we do now? I can't live with this body for the rest of my
life!
Shop owner B: We need to get him and force him to tell us how to break the curse.
Let's go!

Scene 2
Animal-rights activist: (holding a lot of money) OK, so are you sure that you understand
what to do?
Hunter: (a bit stupid) Just explain one more time.
Animal-rights activist: (sighs, frustrated) When you see the kangaroo and the tiger walking
on the street, don't be afraid, they're actually human. What you need
to do is you pretend that you will catch them and kill them.
Hunter: Ok, and how much will you pay me?
Animal-rights activist: It depends on how good a job you do.
Hunter: OK. But are you sure they won't hurt me?
Animal-rights activist: Yes, they still haven’t worked out how to use their new bodies
properly. Don’t worry. Quick, here they come. (hides)
Scene 3
(A and B are walking on the street)
Shop owner B: I hope no one sees us, or we'll be in a big trouble.
Shop owner A: I don't want to be caught.
(Suddenly, hunter comes out)
Hunter: Stop right there! Oh, a kangaroo, and a tiger! (smirks)(pointing knife
at them)
Shop owner B: Stop it, we are humans!
Hunter: You don’t look like humans to me. Your fur looks nice and
expensive.
Shop owner A: Don't kill us, please. I can prove that we are not animals.
Hunter: It's too late!
(Take out his knife and rushes at them)
(Activist jumps out and turns A and B turn back into human)
Shop owner B: Wait! Look at us, we're really human.
Hunter: (look at them)(surprised) oh, sorry! I didn't mean any trouble (bow to
them)
Shop owner A: (A and B hugging each other). That was close!
Shop owner B: Quick, we need to find that animal-rights activist
(Animal-rights activist comes in)
Shop owner A: Here he is!
Shop owner B: Why did you do this to us?
Animal-rights activist:
I wanted to let you feel what it is like to be an innocent animal,
caught and killed just for its fur. How did you like it?
Shop owner A: I'm so sorry for we have done.
Shop owner B: Please forgive us.
Animal-rights activist: Only if you promise you will never ever buy or sell anything make up
of animal skins again. Deal?
Shop owner A and B: Yes!
Animal-rights activist: Ok, and oh, by the way, you can keep the baby kangaroo. I think he
likes you.
(Shop owner A takes the kangaroo out and pats it lovingly. Then the
kangaroo poos on him and all react to the smell)

THE END