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- 1. "THE FOREST OF NO RETURN" by luci Varden RANDOM DRAFT March 12, 2018 Your street Address City, State Zip Your phone number
- 2. Your Movie Title (Revised 12-Mar-18) 1. FADE IN: INT. FOREST NIGHT Group of three friends sit round the tent with hot drinks CHARACTER 1 ELISHA I really need the toilet im going to have to go CHARACTER TWO TAMI Okay then CUT TO: EXT. FOREST -NIGHT Character 1 stands up and exits walking away into the forest ANOTHER ANGLE Friends watch as she leaves CHARACTER 3 GRACE I hope its not too cold tonight in the tent else I wont be able to sleep CHARACTER TWO TAMI No it shouldn’t be, our sleeping bags are quite thick CHARACTER 3 GRACE True (pause) shes been gone a long time hasn’t she CUT TO: EXT. FOREST -NIGHT Noise comes from behind the friends in the distant forest
- 3. Your Movie Title (Revised 12-Mar-18) 2. CHARACTER 3 GRACE What was that CHARACTER TWO TAMI Its nothing stop worrying, ill go and check EXT. FOREST -NIGHT Character 2 goes into the forest, sudden scream comes EXT. FOREST -NIGHT Character 3 runs towards the scream EXT. FOREST -NIGHT (Heavy breathing)character 3 looks around for friends EXT. FOREST –NIGHT Friends are tied to tree (mumbling sounds and pointing behind character 3) EXT. FOREST -NIGHT Shadow runs past EXT. FOREST -NIGHT shadow runs past again EXT. forest -night (screen blacks out) EXT. forest -night character 3 drops to the floor
- 4. Your Movie Title (Revised 12-Mar-18) 3.
- 5. Your Movie Title (Revised 12-Mar-18) 4. Miscellaneous Screenplay Format Notes ** Uses for all caps (MORE): when a character's dialogue carries onto next page CHARACTER NAME (CONT'D): when dialogue resumes from prior page AD LIB: when the actors fill in the dialogue with incidental lines VOICE OVER (V.O.): when we hear narration over the action OFFSCREEN (O.S.): when we hear the character speak but he is offscreen, such as calling out from the other room BEGIN TITLES: when the main credits start END TITLES: when the main credits finish FREEZE FRAME: which is at the left margin and punctuated with a period. TITLES OF SONGS AND BOOKS Sounds in Action are capitalized, this alerts foley that a sound effect is called for. The first time a character or a group of characters appears in the script their name is capitalized. ** Standard Scene Headings INT EXT I/E DAY NIGHT SUNRISE MAGIC CONT INTER ** Standard Transitions CUT TO FADE IN FADE OUT FADE TO DISSLOVE TO BACK TO MATCH CUT JUMP CUT FADE TO BLACK
- 6. Your Movie Title (Revised 12-Mar-18) 5. ** Standard Shot Headings ANGLE ON BACK TO SCENE CLOSE SHOT CLOSEUP (C.U.) EXTREME CLOSEUP EXTREME LONG SHOT FREEZE FRAME LONG SHOT MEDIUM SHOT MONTAGE MOVING or MOVING SHOT P.O.V. REVERSE P.O.V. TWO SHOT WIDE SHOT ZOOM IN / ZOOM OUT