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[NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS in SCREENWRITING]
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http://www.oscars.org/academy/nichollindex.html
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Formatted text courtesy of Ann Garretson
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http://www.halcyon.com/aga
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Copyright 1998 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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FILE NOTES
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Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.)
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- The NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS in SCREENWRITING
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- http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
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- E-mail: Greg Beal, gbeal@oscars.org
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File Info: April, 1998 (online)
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- http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format_a.txt
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- View in a monospaced font -- preferably 12-point Courier.
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Copyright 1998 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Permission to use this script as a LyX example file was kindly granted by
 Greg Beal, gbeal@oscars.org.
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I added a few lines at the end of script about binding.
 The original script ended with the words 
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I'd never let you miss a meal.
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 There were also references to tabs, which don't exist in LyX, so I made
 minor changes in the text.
 Apologies and kudos to Ann Garretson.
 Be sure to thank her when you get your Oscar.
 
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\begin_layout General

Garst R.
 Reese
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reese@isn.net
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\begin_layout Title

FOR A FEW DAYS MORE
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\begin_layout Author

by
\newline
April Rider
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\begin_layout Right Address

April Rider
\newline
555 George St.
 NNW
\newline
Kaplan, ND 77777 
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999-999-9999
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\newpage

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name "Joe"
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\begin_inset LatexCommand label
name "April"
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\begin_layout General


\begin_inset Note Note
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\begin_layout General

Use Layout->Document
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\begin_layout General

Spacing Other to set the spacing between lines.
 A value of .85 is probably the minimum.
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To change:
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\backslash
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\backslash
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\begin_layout General

click TeX and enter new values as above.
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\begin_layout General

Parenoffset is the offset to the left of parentheticals from speaker names.
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\begin_layout General

Speakeroffset is the offset to the right of the dialog margin, so changing
 dialogindent will automatically change the position of parentheticals and
 speaker names.
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\begin_layout General

You can put your Speaker names in labels, the insert cross references to
 the labels.
 The printed version will automatically be capitalized in Speaker even if
 the label is not capped.
 This way you can use them in dialogue also, and change all references to
 your Speaker's names just by changing the label.
 
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\begin_layout INT.

DRISKILL HOTEL SEMINAR ROOM - DAY
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\begin_layout Description

JOE and APRIL burst through the doors into a clean, well-lit seminar room
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\begin_layout General

Use the description after INT.
 or EXT.
 to keep it on the same page.
 Narrative is the same, except that it allows a pagebreak before it.
 Notice that I did not use the labels for Joe and April here because they
 are upper-cased in discriptions only the first time they are used.
 You could make extra labels, but I think it would be error-prone.
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reference "Joe"
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Are we in time?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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How could they start without us? We're the main attraction.
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reference "Joe"
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 catches his breath as he leans against the podium at the front of the room.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Parenthetical

looking about the room
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We are?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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Don't be a moron.
 You know we've been invited to Austin to discuss script format.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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But why is the room empty?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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 and 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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 both look out across the room -- rows of empty chairs and nary a person
 in sight.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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Okay, okay, don't panic.
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She takes three deep breaths.
 Then she looks at her watch and smiles.
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\begin_layout Continuing

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We're an hour early.
 We should rehearse.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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Okay, you start.
 Margins?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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Left, 1.5 inches.
 Right, 0.75 inches.
 Top, 1.0 inch to the body, 0.5 inches to the number.
 Bottom, 0.5 to 1.5 inches, depending on where the page break comes.
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reference "Joe"
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Page break?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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Right above me.
 Rules for breaking a page.
 Scene headers, like INT., remain attached to Description.
 If a page breaks between a Speaker and a one sentence Dialogue, move it
 above the Speaker.
 A long Dialogue passage would be split -- but I'll get to that later.
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What about fonts?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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Courier, 12 point, 10 pitch.
 Make sure it's a non-proportional version of Courier.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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's grimace suggests that he's deep in thought.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Dialogue

What about bold-face or italics? Or a Gothic font? I love to jazz up my
 scripts.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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No bold, no itals, no script fonts, no Gothic, no Helvetica, no Times Roman.
 Stick with Courier.
 That's the industry standard.
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reference "Joe"
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Oh, we're talking about industry standards?
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Suddenly, 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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 bolts from behind the podium and runs out into:
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\begin_layout INT.

DRISKILL HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY
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\begin_layout Description


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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 glances up and down the hallway, then reaches back to open the door.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Parenthetical

calling
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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 -- come on! There's no one here.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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\begin_layout Parenthetical

walking through the door
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\begin_layout Dialogue

Ah, a scene heading.
 Or a slug line, as I was taught in film school.
 Always CAPPED.
 What happens if we \SpecialChar \ldots{}

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\begin_layout EXT.

TEXAS CAPITOL BUILDING - DAY
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\begin_layout Description


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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 pinches himself as he stands with 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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 before the seat of Texas politics.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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How'd you do that?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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There was a cut -- from the hallway to the capitol.
 What'd you want to do -- ride in a cab?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Dialogue

Dialogue margins.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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Left, 3.0 inches.
 Right, 2.5 inches.
 Of course, you can cheat those a tad.
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These are from the paper edge, but you specify them from
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the left margin using dialoglength and dialogIndent.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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So, you have about 3.0 inches for each line of your dialogue?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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You've got it.
 Though you can go out another three or four spaces to the right and no
 one will hold it against you.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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 jots down several notes on a 3 x 5 card, studies the card for a moment,
 then scribbles another note.
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Parenthetical

looking up
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And the position of the speaker's name?
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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\begin_layout Dialogue

All CAPS, and about 2.7 inches from the left margin.
 Some writers center all the speakers' names.
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\begin_layout General

Use More to break up a dialogue across a page boundary.
 It will put (MORE) at the bottom of the page, and insert the current speaker
 name and (CONT'D) at the top of the next page.
 You should not break mid-sentence.
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\begin_layout More

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Personally, I don't think it matters.
 The look of the script pages is slightly different in either case.
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\begin_layout Dialogue

Hey, what happened?
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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\begin_layout Dialogue

A page break appeared in the middle of my dialogue.
 You use (MORE) at the bottom of the page to show that the speaker's dialogue
 continues onto the next page.
 Then (CONT'D) next to the speaker to show that it has roots in the previous
 page.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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But not everybody uses MOREs and CONT'Ds, do they?
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\begin_layout INT.

CAPITOL BUILDING - DAY
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\begin_layout Description


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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 stares up into the dome.
 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset

 examines the portraits of Texas governors on the nearby walls.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
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\begin_layout Dialogue

Some writers just plan their page ends so as to avoid them.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Parenthetical

considering
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\begin_layout Dialogue

What about parentheticals?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Start them about a half-inch to the left of the speaker name.
 In our case that would be at 2.2 inches from the left margin.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

And what are they for?
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\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

For years, parentheticals were used to express emotion, the manner in which
 a speaker spoke her lines.
 Loudly, passionately, sadly, and so on.
 In recent years writers have often used them for brief bits of action.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\begin_layout Parenthetical

going up a stairway
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\begin_layout Dialogue

Something like this?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Parenthetical

following him
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\begin_layout Dialogue

Exactly.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
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\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

How wide are parentheticals?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Not very -- about 1.5 inches.
 And they should wrap to the following line when they extend beyond that
 point.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Parenthetical

pointing up to the top of the page
\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

If you place a parenthetical in the middle of a dialogue passage, it should
 remain distinct from the dialogue.
\end_layout

\begin_layout EXT.

MISSISSIPPI RIVERBOAT - NIGHT
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\begin_layout Description

A gambling boat rolls slowly along the mighty river.
 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset

 and 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset

 wander about its upper deck.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

I have to ask -- what happened to CUT TO:s between scenes.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Many writers still use transitions such as CUT TO: and DISSOLVE TO: between
 scenes.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Those would introduce a new scene header?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

And typically a different time and/or place.
 But many writers have dispensed with such transitions, feeling that a new
 scene header signifies a cut without the need of any additional indicator.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Narrative


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset

 stares out at the river.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

How did we reach the Mississippi and when did the sun set?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

If you'd like \SpecialChar \ldots{}

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\begin_layout EXT.

AIRPLANE - SUNSET
\end_layout

\begin_layout Description

A jet liner cruises East across Texas.
\end_layout

\begin_layout INT.

AIRPLANE - SUNSET
\end_layout

\begin_layout Description

A customized interior, replete with lounge chairs and sofas.
 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset

 and 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset

 sip margaritas.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Is this a flashback?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Or it could be tomorrow.
 Or next week.
\end_layout

\begin_layout TITLE OVER:

October 19, 1997
\end_layout

\begin_layout Continuing

\end_layout

\begin_layout General


\begin_inset Note Note
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\begin_layout General

Selecting 
\begin_inset Quotes eld
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Continuing
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset

 will insert the current Speaker followed by (continuing) as a parenthetical.
 Don't worry, it will look right on the printed version.
\end_layout

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

You see, a few weeks have passed.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Okay, I didn't notice.
 But I thought only DAY and NIGHT were allowed on scene headers.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Production managers would certainly prefer it that way, but many writers
 use headers as a means of showing a particular time of day, especially
 SUNRISE and SUNSET.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

So that's allowed?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

On writer's drafts, without a doubt.
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

A writer's draft?
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\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Essentially, any draft that hasn't been paid for.
 Any draft to be sent to agents, studio execs, production companies, development
 people.
 Those are writer's drafts.
 And they all should be FIRST DRAFTs, no matter how many versions the writer
 has actually written.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

You really think so?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

That's my recommendation.
\end_layout

\begin_layout INT.

BLUE CAMARO - DAY
\end_layout

\begin_layout Description


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset

 drives along Austin's Congress Avenue as 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset

 rides shotgun.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

You speak any foreign languages?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Parenthetical

in French
\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

Why do you ask? (Pour quoi tu demandes?)
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

What about action scenes?
\end_layout

\begin_layout Narrative

SUDDENLY, A BLACK CADILLAC whips around a corner, racing quickly towards
 them.
 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset

 punches the accelerator and -- THE BLUE CAMARO leaps forward, leaving a
 trail of rubber.
 The Camaro takes a left, then a quick right to accelerate into -- A DARK
 ALLEY The Camaro quickly reaches a dead end, just as -- THE BLACK CADILLAC
 pulls into the alley, sealing it shut.
\end_layout

\begin_layout EXT.

DRISKILL HOTEL DAY
\end_layout

\begin_layout Description


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset

 leads a dazed and confused 
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset

 to the front door.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "April"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

That's one way to do an action scene.
 It's a variation on the Bill Goldman style that's used by many writers.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Speaker


\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "Joe"
\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Parenthetical

coming to
\end_layout

\begin_layout Dialogue

But other writers just use normal description and standard scene headers
 for action scenes, don't they?
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Many do.
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DRISKILL HOTEL ENTRANCE HALL -- PHONE BOOTH - DAY
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A slightly less dazed 
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 speaks on the phone.
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I thought we were walking together.
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 (O.S.)
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filtered
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Well, we were, but I realized a phone call was needed.
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You're filtered?
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STATE CAPITOL PHONE BOOTH - DAY
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With the dome looming large behind her, 
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 speaks into the phone.
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Only when you hear my voice over the phone.
 Radio voices and phone calls often are filtered, though it's a convention
 that isn't used by everyone anymore.
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Let's try something easy.
 What about page numbers?
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Number each and every page, though you can start with page two.
 The numbers should appear in the upper right hand corner, about 0.5 inches
 down and 0.75 inches from the right page edge.
 Those dimensions are not set in stone, but page numbers should always be
 placed in the upper right hand corner.
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DRISKILL HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY
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 walks slowly towards the seminar room.
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You know, that pronouncement almost seemed godlike.
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 (V.O.)
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If it were, I probably would have spoken in a voice over and not on the
 phone.
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 searches the ceiling, trying to decide just where this disembodied voice
 is emanating from.
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What's a V.O.
 used for?
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 (V.O.)
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Oftentimes for narration, for a narrator's voice.
 In film noir the protagonists often filled the audience in on their thoughts
 or story details.
 Documentary films are filled with voice over.
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DRISKILL HOTEL SEMINAR ROOM - DAY
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 races past 
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 to reach the podium first.
 
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 walks slowly past the still-empty chairs.
 
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At the podium 
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 gestures with his hands as if he were making a major political speech.
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 sneaks up behind him and mimics his movements -- until he notices.
 
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 spins to confront her.
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Why I ought'a \SpecialChar \ldots{}

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I was just demonstrating the way many writers break description into shorter
 paragraphs.
 I've seen blocks of description covering an entire page.
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That makes for tough reading, doesn't it?
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I know studio readers who just skip long description and read only dialogue.
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But there are pros who write scripts with extended descriptive passages.
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When you make a half-million or so per script, you can pretty much use any
 format you want.
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 climbs atop the podium.
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But when you're like me, you have to stick to format.
 Is that what you're trying to say?
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That's the story.
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 jumps down from the podium and runs out the door just as conference ATTENDEES
 begin to enter.
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By the way, the first time you introduce a speaker in description, you CAP
 his name.
 And when you break dialogue with description, the standard is to place
 "continuing" within parentheses when a speaker chatters on and on.
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 watches as a number of people sit down before her.
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Of course, many writers have dropped "continuing" from their repertoire.
 I mean, it's obvious that I'm still speaking, isn't it? And that I never
 stopped speaking.
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 (O.S.)
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shouting from beyond the door
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Hey, 
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, c'mon.
 There's a buffet at the hotel and a shuttle leaving in two minutes.
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shouting
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We haven't mentioned master scenes.
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A sheepish 
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 enters, then glances about the room as he slowly approaches the podium.
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That one I know.
 No CLOSEUPS, no WIDE SHOTS, no shots of any sort.
 Just scene headers, description and dialogue.
 And no scene numbers.
 Those are left to shooting scripts.
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Don't worry, I would never let you miss a meal.
 Do you know how to make a script sandwich?
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A script sandwich?
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You need your script, two sheets of plain manila binding stock, a three
 hole punch, and three 1.5 inch brass brads.
 No title or name on the binding stock.
 When you get it all assembled, you can hammer the brass brads down to make
 it good and tight.
 Now lets go eat.
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THE END
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