Only print on one side of the page. Only use plain white paper *

Put the page numbers, followed by a period in the upper right hand corner.

Only the final/shooting script is number.

Don’t use correction fluid, don’t draw arrows, smiley faces etc on the page.

1′ left and right margin

Slugline – EXT/NT – LOCATION – TIME

Describes what can be seen on screen. Stretches across entire page.

Don’t write specific shot sizes, it’s the director’s job.

First time the character appears, always in CAPS. Subsequently, normal would do. Sound, you can CAPS also.

LUKE SKYWALKER (V.O.) – Voiceover

HAN SOLO (O.S.) – Off screen, when we don’t see the person, but hear him/her. Phone conversation.

parenthetical appears in dialogue to give specific description of movement,gesture or method of delivery (sarcastically) or (waving)