M1 script formatting

 Rules:

We are writing a shooting script- because of this is the most appropriate as we are including some specific technical intrusions for the director and the producers. A spec script is to secure the money whereas the shooting script goes onto the set and is used as a production document. 

The set standard script for the industry says that it has to include the slug line, action blocks, dialogue, the character's names have to be written in CAPITALS and all of the action blocks have to be in present tense. 

If the speech needs to be said in a certain way, parentheticals are used (between the speech and character name). The industry standard is a courier size 12 font as this makes 1 page equilivant to one minute of screen time so 20 pages is approximately 20 minutes.

Formatting: 

As shown in the diagram (see below), there are different industry standards for different things. One of these things is known as indentation which is all to do with alignment and where things have to be located on a page. 

1. Action blocks and Scene Headings are aligned furthest to the left (Scene headings must be all in capitals)

2. Dialogue is indented further in towards the middle and text is directly under it towards the middle left of the page.

3. Transitions are indented to the far right hand side. 

Type: TV episodic drama

Genre: Crime, supernatural

Angle of the Article: Written from a 3rd person perspective but follows the character Connor around. Occasionally, there are POVs from him. 

Non-linear: Sporadically there are flashbacks.

Single-stranded: Follows one person completing a single task. 

I have done this layout in my script as you can see below: