SCRIPT GUIDLINES FOR WRITING MOVIES

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Some Random Asshole
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*SOME FORMATTING CONVENTIONS*
(not everything, just most of the info you will need)

There have been a couple people that've asked me about this and I finally found the information I was looking for.

If any of you want to write a movie, you have to follow a certain format for a production company to read it, as well as an agent.

So here's some formatting guidlines....

Margins:
left-1.25 inches, right-.5 inches, top and bottom-1 inch

Tabs:
scenes: ALL CAPS, across entire page (don't hit enter)
action: sentence case, across entire page
character's name: at 2.5 inches (from the left)
actor's instructions: 2.1 inches in (parentheses)
dialogue: 1.5 inches in 3.5 inch wide column down middle of page

Also, words are generally CAPITALIZED to identify NEW SCENE HEADINGS, NEW CAMERA ANGLES, SOUND EFFECTS, etc.

If there's any questions just ask, I got the piece of paper in front of me right now, and I won't lose it like I thought I did the last time.
 
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Some Random Asshole
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yup, I was gonna PM it to you, but I figured I'd put it out for everyone to see...even if 99% of these jack asses won't use it....
 
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Some Random Asshole
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No problem. I'll try to scan a copy of a page that I have in a script, and then the title page as well. I dunno if it'll happen cause I don't have a scanner...but I'll see what I can do.
 
DCKingPin

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DIM LIGHTING
KINGPIN ENTERS SCENE 1 ACT 1
Kingpin enters thread.
"I feel too lazy to write a script but thank you for this"
Kingpin leaves.
 
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damn.. i didn't know that shit was so technical.. so if you send a tight ass script to a producer.. and one of your margins is off by 1/4 inch.. it goes in the trash.. HA.
 
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Some Random Asshole
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|GOD|||ZILLA| said:
damn.. i didn't know that shit was so technical.. so if you send a tight ass script to a producer.. and one of your margins is off by 1/4 inch.. it goes in the trash.. HA.
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You actually don't send it to a producer...you'd send it to an agent, who would then contact the production company and give it to one of the people that reads over scripts to see if they 1) make sense and 2) are good or not.

But you are right, they would throw that shit in the garbage. What's fucked up, is to become a member of the Writers Guild of America, you have to write a script...but you have to be a member of the WGA to get the fucking specifications...lucky for me one of my profs likes to give out that information for free.

FRED FLINTsTONER said:
@I AM POST UP AN EXAMPLE
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I guess you missed the part where I said I'd try to scan a copy of what I have and upload it...I don't have a scanner, but I'll see what I can do. I'm not promising anything...gimme a week or two.

You know what...fuck it...I'll take pictures of it with my digital camera when I get home...then I'll post the pictures on here or link them or some shit.
 
DankedOut707

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DO U MAKE THE FOLKS READIN IT SIGN CONRACTS TO NOT STEAL YOUR IDEA? LIKE IF I WAS TO LET SOME PRODUCER OR AGENT READ IT, THEN THEY SAY ITS WEAK, BUT THEN THEY JUS STEAL MY IDEA AND USE IT, HOW DOES THAT WORK?
 
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