Activity for Matt
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| Edit | Post #25669 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #24834 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #24666 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #23395 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #23312 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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How to write dates shown on screen I’m wanting to know how to enter dates that will be shown in text on the screen in a screenplay, I’ve see. Several ways to do it so I wanted clarification, thx for any help (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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What’s the longest a screenplay can be at the midpoint? 65 pages? 70 pages??? I’ve got almost 80 and need to know how much I have to cut (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Writing a phone call scene in a screenplay I’m writing a scene that is on a phone call. I don't want to hear one person in a voiceover. Instead, I want to cut back and forth between the two people speaking. Do I have to use a new scene heading every time, and notate the fact that the camera is cutting back and forth between locations? (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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How do I write someone reading a document? I have a scene where my character sits down to read a court summons and I want the shots to show various parts of the document like his name, then his codefendants name, then the charge and then the compensation sought, etc. I don’t know if I should use quotes around the words or what..and I don’t kn... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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When writing non-linear, do I have to note time changes? I’m writing a non linear drama and my question is: do I have to notate what will be seen literally in the film, like age differences and such because the film won’t require much if any scene cues like “seven years later” it will all be interpreted by the viewer but do I have to notate it in the scene... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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How firm is the 120 page limit on a screenplay? How close to that do I need to get? I’m sitting around 132. It can be cut, I think, but 120 would be losing major content. Would something in the range of 125-127 be okay? (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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2 questions about screenplays In the slug line, how do I write a time change??? > "7 years later" {then} > > INT. HOSPITAL - DAY Also: how do I write verbal sounds of a character that are unintelligible, etc, be they in the action line usually or do they ever get places in a dialogue line? > Bathsheba [moans] as she gets to h... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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In my screenplay(spec, I believe) can I use "we see..." in action line? I'm not sure if this is okay, (also: we hear...) I realize that typically the sentence would say the same thing if removed but it seems to work in the midst of an action line like: > Close on Bathsheba's distraught face in the rain we hear another CAR DOOR OPEN. > > Over her shoulder we see Bishop ... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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When/why are action lines broken up into different entries? I'm speaking of more than one action line with no other text between them. I guess I'm asking if this is done because they relate to very different actions or actions of different people, etc. please ask if this is a little confusing. > Cute toddler girl in playpen putting on make-up with an ink pen... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |