The Complete Guide To Standard Script Formats, Part I

Basic Information

Title

The Complete Guide To Standard Script Formats, Part I

Subtitle

The Screenplay

Parallel Title

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Country

국외

Production Date

1991-**-**

Language

영어

Size (mm)

214 x 275

Pages

172쪽

ISBN/ISSN

0929583000

Edition

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Master Files

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Producer

Hil Cole,Judy Haag (저자), CMC (발행처)

Description

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Contents

Contents

SOME WORDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SCRIPTS AND SCRIPT FORMATS = 1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL = 3 NOTE TO SCRIPT WRITERS AND SCRIPT TYPISTS = 4 WORD PROCESSOR CONSIDERATIONS = 5 WHAT ARE FILMED SHOWS = 6 Definitions of general terms = 7 Format Comparison Chart = 9 ON TO THE SCRIPT! PRELIMINARIES - GENERAL INFORMATION Checking out the script = 10 Typewriter settings: margins and tabs = 11 COVER DESIGNS = 12 Samples for screenplays = 14 Samples for filmed series = 17 FLY (TITLE) PAGE LAYOUT Sample for filmed television series = 18 Laying out the fly page: What, where, how = 19 HOW TO GET INTO THE FIRST PAGE AND PROCEED First page - feature films (no acts) = 21 First page - filmed television show - in acts = 21 First page - filmed series with episode title - in acts = 23 First page - Act Two = 23 The second page - no acts and Act One, Act Two = 23 SCENE HEADINGS： HOW TO PUT SCENE HEADINGS IN THE PROPER SEQUENCE Preliminaries = 26 Format rules = 26 How to put each scene entry in correct order and form = 29 (a) Two entry scene heading = 29 How to number scenes without leaving a scene out Spotting Errors = 31 What information do you enclose in parentheses = 33 Examples of most of the scene headings you will want to know = 36 Exercise and Answer Key = 43 SCENE HEADINGS: HOW TO TAKE A SCENE FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER With scene numbers - use of continued Without scene numbers = 47 When the scene runs for three or more pages SCENE ENDINGS： HOW TO END SCENES = 49 Preliminaries = 51 Format = 51 At the end of an act = 51 At the end of the show = 51 At all other times = 51 FADE IN/FADE OUT, FREEZE FRAME rules = 51 Notes: FADE TO: = 51 STAGE DIRECTION: KNOW WHAT TO CAPITALIZE Preliminaries Format = 53 Sound cues Spotting Errors = 55 Camera cues Spotting Errors = 57 Character introductions Spotting Errors = 59 (a) AD LIB = 61 (b) TITLES of books, songs, and movies = 61 (c) VOICE OVER = 61 (d) BEGIN/END TITLES = 61 (e) FREEZE FRAME = 61 Note to the director, technicians Spotting Errors = 63 No capitalization for enter and exit = 63 STAGE DIRECTION: KNOW WHAT TO ABBREVIATE General comments = 65 b.g., f.g., o.s. = 65 STAGE DIRECTION: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES When paragraphing occurs Breaks in sentences: the ellipsis and two dashes Rule for breaking direction from one page to next = 67 Composite and Exercises and Key THE CHARACTER CUE: IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS = 69 Preliminaries = 75 Format Rules = 75 (a) Abbreviating personal titles = 75 (b) Using (V.O.) and (O.S.) = 75 (c) Specific roles are in parentheses = 77 (d) Spotting Errors: Consistency = 79 PERSONAL DIRECTION Preliminaries = 81 Format = 81 How to "pull out" long passages Spotting Errors = 83 (a) Personal direction under the wrong character cue = 83 (b) Don’t end a page with personal direction = 85 DIALOGUE Preliminaries = 87 Format = 87 Follow precise spelling and grammatical rules = 89 (a) spell out = 89 (b) hyphen = 89 (c) breaking to next page = 89 (d) pause = 89 (e) ellipsis = 89 (f) dash = 89 (g) paragraphing = 89 BREAKING DIALOGUE When to use (MORE) = 91 How to use (CONT’D) = 91 BREAKING DIALOGUE: (continuing) (continuing) after stage direction - middle of the page = 93 (continuing) after stage direction - bottom of the page = 93 (continuing) and (beat) are related = 93 When (continuing) is not necessary = 95 SCREENPLAY COMPOSITE KEYED TO TEXT = 98 Exercise = 103 Exercise Key = 107 THE FILM IN PRODUCTION GENERAL INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL = 111 HOW TO HANDLE REVISION PAGES = 112 Revisions: Pages are color coded = 112 Revisions: Always "hold" page and scene numbers = 113 (a) All page and scene numbers must be accounted for = 113 (b) What are "A" pages = 113 (c) What are "runs" = 113 How to add or omit scenes = 113 Spotting Errors = 113 Revision headings (slugs) vary with production companies = 115 Asterisks: How to use asterisks to indicate changes on revision pages = 117 Asterisks: Preliminary information = 117 Asterisks: Line change only = 117 Asterisks: The two-thirds rule = 117 (a) Asterisk by character cue when... = 117 (b) Asterisk by scene number when... = 117 (c) Asterisk by page number when... = 117 Asterisks: Omitted lines or paragraphs = 119 Asterisks: Exceptions = 119 Revision/Asterisk Exercise with Key = 122 HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SHOOTING SCHEDULE FROM BREAKDOWN SHEETS Preliminaries = 134 General Information = 135 Format - First page = 135 Format - Body = 137 Miscellaneous items = 138 Sample Schedule - Heading information = 139 Breakdown sheets - Explanation = 141 Sample breakdown sheets = 142 Sample shooting schedule typed in correct format = 151 GLOSSARY = 154 APPENDIX = 161

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