Title page
Middle
Title
By
Sei-kai Leung
Draft dated:
Bottom left corner (address)
UCA - broadcast media
Maidstone Studios
Maidstone
01622-620151
Scene headings
INT. or EXT. Or I/E for both interior and exterior for example a moving car (used minimally)
Keep loaction descriptions brief and to the point.
INT. BEDROOM, HOUSE
Keep time of day to a standard DAY or NIGHT
INT. BEDROOM, HOUSE - DAY
If its a flashback
INT. BEDROOM, HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)
INT. BEDROOM, HOUSE - NIGHT (30 YEARS AGO)
If its a montage scene
I/E. VARIOUS WEDDING DRESS SHOPS - DAY MONTAGE
Change of time/ change Location always a new scene
Action
Name in CAPS, in the action its normal case.
To the point. Do not put any camera directions in. AVOID camera direction. If you want the camera direction you use the word 'we'
CAPS for SOUND and ACTION - use caps to exaggerate dramatic moments for the story to jump out of the page and come alive.
A line per action
Incorporate description in the action and make it jump off the page.
Characters
Name is written under the action 1line down in the centre of the page in caps
Dialogue
Voice over (v/o) next to the character name
Off Screen (os) - they talk but you cant see them
Appears below the character a name, indented from the side. No space below.
Direction of how to say the line place above dialogue in brackets
Layla
(firm)
What are you doing?
Layout
If your script is action heavy, spread it out so theres no big blocks of text.
Try to make the page a good read.
Try to use the bottom of the page a artificial cliffhanger to make a page turner. Keep the reader reading the script.
On a telephone get the person on the other side as a voice over. Or, to see the characters personality describe both places then add the dialogue.
Lastly - flick through the script. Does it feel like a script?
Too much black text?
Not enough text?
Not enoug detail?
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