Oh my god, this is my second favorite part of the project!!! Fun fact, one of the things I've considered doing after graduating is screenwriting (actually the reason I joined this class 👀) and I think it's so fun. It was definitely a lot harder to write than I thought it would be, but it took me no time to research all the rules of formatting I needed to follow.
Through my research, I learned that:
I'm writing something that is ultimately going to be audio-visual, and that has a whole host of implications. As a screenwriter, I need to have certain obligations to fulfill:
- Follow universal scriptwriting conventions;
- Format the script correctly;
- Strive to meet the demands of the people I'm initially writing my script for: directors, producers;
- Strive to meet the demands of the people I'm ultimately writing the script for: the audience.
Standard Screenplay Format:
- 12-point Courier Font"
- 1.5 inch left margin
- 1-inch right margin (between 0.5 inches and 1.25 inches), ragged
- 1 inch top and bottom margins
- Around 55 lines per page regardless of paper size. This excludes the page number and spaces after it
- Actor parenthetical (wrylies) 3.1 inches from the left side of the page (1.6 from the margin)
- Dialogue speaker names (in all caps) 3.7 inches from the left side of the page (2.2 from the margin)
- Transitions are capitalized (sometimes important props, sounds, and camera movements)
- Dialogue 2.5 inches from the left side of the page (1.5 inches from margin)
Keep in mind this is the first-ever screenplay I've written, and a lot is subject to change if I think different shots or lines look and sound better as I'm filming and editing. This is basically a spec script, the bare-bones outline of the scene.
I'm so excited!!! Expect there to be a new revised version of the storyboard up sometime next week probably and maybe a revised script soon as well!
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