So class Wednesday went over the time again. It was ridiculously rainy and I wasn’t looking forward to class and we went into more detail on writing a screen play continuing from last week. Just so we are clear though on the elements of a screenplay here is a nifty example that I found useful as a model/guide to writing your own. It provides the primary elements as well as general formatting guides.
So that's the screenplay but who could tell that television uses a different script format?
Specifically the double column script format. So called because it has two columns (talk about obvious), one for visual and one for audio. So the primary elements of a screen play are also present in the double column script. The idea is that all visual elements such as the action, parentheses and character are placed in the left column, while the dialogue, parentheses and the character goes in the audio column which is the right column. A very important point to note is that character and parentheses are placed in both columns because these elements can be represented both visually and in audio formats. So that you can get the drift, here is a sample page from a double column script.
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