Rules to Writing a Script

• Publish a master header and then put an action underneath.

• All sounds must be capitalized to indicate that we should hear them.

• Put names in capitols and center in page.

• (V.O.)=Voice over (O.C.)= Off camera
• When changing the master header, indicate just that
• When moving around the master header, for example going into another room in the same setting, indicate it as a sub header.
• Put pause in parentheses for a pause about the length of three seconds.
• If a characters dialogue goes off to another screen, indicate it b putting (MORE).
• To create a montage, get rid of all dialogue and add many sounds.
• End a montage by simply putting END MONTAGE.
• If you leave the main header during a montage, there is no need to put the main header down on the paper again.
• When talking to somebody whose not actually there, for example on the phone, put 9into phone).
• When ending a telephone conversation put (end call).
• Put INT. to indicate that the setting is interior and put EXT. for an exterior setting.