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Script format used in the film industry for
production.
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The script can be broken down effectively,
properly, and so scheduling and budgeting function effectively.
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Each page equates to approximately 60 seconds.
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When the script is in its final form, it is
broken down.
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Film Script Schedule:
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Write the script
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Coloured annotations atone to key information
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Dedicated breakdown of all information
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Breakdown script board; ordering of the scenes
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Final film schedule
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Format:
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Film title
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By-line, then writers name
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Film name then appears at the top of each page
to identify it
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“Fade in/fade up” – tells you the film is
beginning
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“Slug-line” or “scene heading”
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Capitalised
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INT. or EXT. (Interior or Exterior)
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Full stop after “T”
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Space
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Description of the location (e.g. INT = house)
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Another space
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Hyphen
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Another space
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DAY or NIGHT
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Action Paragraph
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Character name
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Character dialogue
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# sign if there are lots of characters (e.g.
GIRL #1, GIRL #2)
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Format:
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Slug-line
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Then…
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Action
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Character name
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Dialogue
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SO ON AND SO ON…
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