When writing a screenplay, is there a standard style guide that’s used?
June 292010
I’m just concerned with proper formatting. For instance, the MLA and APS are two style guides used in academia.
I’m just concerned with professional formatting. Not so much the craft of screenplay writing.
Yes, pretty much. I recommend that you check out some of the published book-formed scripts such as Napoleon Dynamite: Final Shooting Script or A Prairie Home Companion: Official Screenplay. I use these for my scripts. They are primarily the same form except they do have minor differences in form that really don’t amount to anything. But this is what I suggest as a fellow screenwriter.
June 29th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Do a Google/Yahoo search for "writing a screenplay format" and that should get you going in the right direction.
There also might be something you could pick up at your local library.
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Yes, pretty much. I recommend that you check out some of the published book-formed scripts such as Napoleon Dynamite: Final Shooting Script or A Prairie Home Companion: Official Screenplay. I use these for my scripts. They are primarily the same form except they do have minor differences in form that really don’t amount to anything. But this is what I suggest as a fellow screenwriter.
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