Pre-Production- Research, First 10 pages

As part of writing the script for the Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet, I decided to look at script writing and do some research I started with;

The First 10 Pages by Frank Catalano, 2014, Lexington Avenue Press, San Diego.

(pg61)

1. Does the title of your screen play reflect the main story line?
2. Set up the kind of story and characters you are sharing with the reader?
3. Let the reader know your major character. Introduce them in an interesting way.
4. Set up your story and major conflict.
5. Lastly, do you have a message to your story and characters. 

(pg60)

1. What is the true ending of your story? Point of no return?
2. What is the most exciting event in your story line?
3. What is the point in the story that your characters reach a point of no return?

First 10 mins need to capture your attention, look at other programs and how they grab your attention. 

(pg31)

We want to create a hook in the first 10 pages so they can't turn it off. 

From this book I decided to read the first 2 chapters of the book and see what the best opening will be as well as looking at other programs and how they start.