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SCREENPLAY FORMAT & STYLE ADAPTATION
The reason for format and style in a script is legibility and comprehension.
Format and style give a producer a story in its most filmic form and include all
aspects of a screenplay, with the exception the story itself.
In the industry, production companies initially judge a screenplay by quickly
flipping through the pages and looking at the format. It's referred to as
"fanning" in the industry. If the format is no good, the screenplay gets tossed
and the reader moves on.
We can convert your script, including the two column TV-Documentary style
script, into the traditional screenplay format containing both necessary
aspects:
The interplay between typeface/font, line spacing and type area, from which the
standard of one page of text per one minute of screen time is derived and the
tab settings of the scene elements (dialogue, scenes headings, transitions,
parentheticals, etc.), which constitute the screenplay’s layout.
With the script in proper screenplay format it is now ready to become a shooting
script and the bases for the
budgeting and
scheduling process, as well as
broken down for casting, call sheets and location,
property and wardrobe lists.
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