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The exposition is the facts of your story. It's all the facts about the characterisation, the history, the society, the physical setting and so on.
You only need to include the facts that the audience need to know at any given time - and no more!
Remember to dramatise these facts when you include them in your screenplay.
"I think of exposition as the clues to the characters and to what is going on in a film. For example, if your opening scene is a man digging potatoes in a field, you simply write: A man, Thomas Larkin, age 60, 6 foot 6 inches tall, is digging potatoes in a field. Then think of any other important details. Perhaps the field is by a river. Perhaps there's an army approaching the field. Imagine you're telling the story to a child at bedtime and you're trying to keep their interest."
Shane Connaughton
"I was given this advice by my writing tutor: Convert exposition to ammunition. For example, don't give the characters unnatural dialogue in which they tell each other things they already know about each other. The famous axiom that should guide you is: Show don't tell."
Robert McKee
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