Internet Research
If you look at a sample page, you’ll see it’s broken into lines and paragraphs. The positioning of
these on the page indicates what kind of element it is:
page number — this (obviously) is the page
number,
scene number — again, pretty obvious,
scene header — the description of where and
when the scene takes place,
action — description of what characters do and
what action takes place,
character name — the character’s name just above
the dialogue, to indicate who speaks the following lines,
character tag — special instructions for
dialogue where the speaker is unseen (e.g. ‘OS’ for a character who is
off-screen in a different room, or ‘VO’ for an invisible voice-over),
parenthetical — a small note about how the
dialogue is delivered (e.g. ‘shouts’),
dialogue — the words actually spoken,
transition — directions on how to change
from one scene to the next (e.g. ‘CUT TO:’).
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The DESCRIPTION of the character that followed
his introduction. Your character descriptions can be as detailed as you’d like,
but avoid making them so long that they interrupt the momentum of your script.
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Slug lines
are made up of these three elements:
INT. or EXT. Short for interior and
exterior. If it’s both, such as when a drunken cop is thrown through the
doorway of his favorite bar, you can write INT./EXT.
Location. Where the scene takes place.
These should be short, and avoid emotive description. It’s not INT. SUPER COOL
1970s SPORTSBAR, just INT. BAR. Don’t worry—they’ll be room for the fun stuff
later.
Time. Usually just DAY or NIGHT, but
can also be a specific time, like 3:00 PM, if it’s an important detail to the
plot. Don’t use demarcations like DUSK, MORNING, MIDNIGHT, or LATER. Again,
save that for the next section.
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