Animation Studio · With Krea
How to write a script
This course teaches your kid to write a short script: who talks, what they feel, and what they say. Krea hosts five short films, and your kid writes lines on paper, reads them out loud, and uses them in Animation Studio's Sound room. Plan about five minutes of films and 30–45 minutes of writing.
- Ages
- 6 to 13
- Time
- 5 films, about 5 minutes, then 30–45 minutes of writing
- Host
- Krea
- You need
- Paper, pencil
- Status
- Coming soon. Kids vote in the app for the courses they want first.
The intro film
Krea's 40-second intro film is coming soon. Here's what Krea says in it.
Transcript
Hi, I'm Krea. Let's make your characters talk.
A script is the words your characters say, written down.
Here's the secret. Great lines are short.
So short you can say them in one breath.
Every line has a feeling. Happy. Grumpy. Scared. Sneaky.
And when two characters want different things, that's when it gets fun.
One wants the last cookie. The other one wants it too. Uh oh.
You write it on paper. You read it out loud. You fix the bumpy bits.
Then your characters say it in your movie.
Pencil ready? Let's write.
The 5 lessons
Lesson 1. Who's talking?
Pick two characters who want different things.
- Pick two characters
- Write what each one wants
- Make sure they can't both get it
Where: Paper
Lesson 2. One feeling per line
Every line shows one feeling, so the listener knows how the character feels.
- Write a feeling next to each name
- Write one line that shows that feeling
- Swap the feeling and see what changes
Where: Paper
Lesson 3. Short and sayable
If you can't say it in one breath, cut it.
- Read each line out loud
- Cut any line that runs out of breath
- Swap long words for short ones
Where: Paper
Lesson 4. Write it like a script
Name, then the line, so anyone can read it and act it.
- Write the name, then a colon
- Write the line after it
- Put what they do in brackets, like (slams the door)
Where: Paper
Lesson 5. Put it in your movie
Bring your lines into the Sound room so your characters say them.
- Pick who talks in each scene
- Pick the feeling from your script
- Use your short lines
Where: Animation Studio · Sound
What your kid makes
Your kid ends with a short script on paper: two characters, a feeling for every line, and lines short enough to say out loud. The script goes straight into Animation Studio's Sound room, where your kid picks who talks, how they feel, and what they say in the movie.
Free guides to practise with
Questions parents ask
My kid is still learning to write. Can they do this?
Yes. Lines are short, and your kid can say them out loud while a grown-up writes them down. Reading each line out loud is part of the course.
Does this course use AI?
The writing happens on paper with no AI. In the last film, your kid brings the lines into Animation Studio, where AI turns the drawings and lines into the movie.
How is this different from writing a story?
A story tells what happens. A script is only what the characters say and do, so your kid practices dialogue, feelings, and short lines.