If you’re writing a spec screenplay,your title page should contain the following information:
- Your script’s title
- The name of the writer(s)
- Your contact information
Learn how to write a screenplay through detailed analysis of feature films.
If you’re writing a spec screenplay,your title page should contain the following information:
Location is another no-brainer. At this point, we know we’re either indoors or outdoors (perhaps both) — now we need to know where the damn thing is taking place. Here’s the way the Coen Brothers open up Cormac’s No Country For Old Men:
EXT. MOUNTAINS – NIGHT
Snow is falling in a gusting wind. The voice of an old man:
VOICE OVER
I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five. Hard to believe. Grandfather was a lawman. Father too. Me and him was sheriff at the same time, him in Plano and me here. I think he was pretty proud of that. I know I was.
You can choose to be more specific with your location. From The American by Rowan Joffe:
[scrippet]
Use abbreviations. No need to to type out INTERIOR or EXTERIOR. Just use INT. or EXT.
From Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman:
INT. BOOKSTORE – NIGHT
Joel sits in the bookstore coffee shop. It’s a jarring transition, visually and emotionally. Joel is in the midst of some traumatic state of mind.
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