Dtaylor404 at 15:56, 8 August 2007

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ARTC has no single recommended script format. In fact, no two of our writers format a script the same way. As long as we (the producer, actors and tech crew) can tell what the writer meant, it’s acceptable.

In the ideal world, though, every script would contain:
A title page, containing:
Title, author, author contact information
DATE OF DRAFT and identifier for script revision
A cast list (this can be on the title page)
A brief description of each character (optional, but very helpful)
A list of scene locales (optional, but helpful for building background sounds)
PAGE HEADERS, containing
Title, Script revision identifier, and PAGE NUMBERS (“1 of 12”)

Some nigh-universal guidelines:
Use COURIER 12-point.
DON’T allow a character’s dialog to be separated by a page break.
DON’T hyphenate words at the end of a line.
DON’T emphasize words with bold or italics. In fact, don’t emphasize words at all unless the sentence is unintelligible if you don’t. If you must do it, underline.

Other resources:
http://www.simplyscripts.com/WR_format.html
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format_a.txt
http://www.humboldt.edu/~jmf2/floss/rt.script.example.html

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	In the ideal world, though, every script would contain:		In the ideal world, though, every script would contain:
	A title page, containing:		<ul><li>A title page, containing:
	Title, author, author contact information		<ul><li>Title, author, author contact information
	DATE OF DRAFT and identifier for script revision		<li>DATE OF DRAFT and identifier for script revision</ul>
	A cast list (this can be on the title page)		<li>A cast list (this can be on the title page)
	A brief description of each character (optional, but very helpful)		<ul><li>A brief description of each character (optional, but very helpful)
	A list of scene locales (optional, but helpful for building background sounds)		<li>A list of scene locales (optional, but helpful for building background sounds)</ul>
	PAGE HEADERS, containing		<li>PAGE HEADERS, containing
	Title, Script revision identifier, and PAGE NUMBERS (“1 of 12”)		<ul><li>Title, Script revision identifier, and PAGE NUMBERS (“1 of 12”)</ul></ul>

	Some nigh-universal guidelines:		Some nigh-universal guidelines:
	Use COURIER 12-point.		<ul><li>Use COURIER 12-point.
	DON’T allow a character’s dialog to be separated by a page break.		<li>DON’T allow a character’s dialog to be separated by a page break.
	DON’T hyphenate words at the end of a line.		<li>DON’T hyphenate words at the end of a line.
	DON’T emphasize words with bold or italics. In fact, don’t emphasize words at all unless the sentence is unintelligible if you don’t. If you must do it, underline.		<li>DON’T emphasize words with bold or italics. In fact, don’t emphasize words at all unless the sentence is unintelligible if you don’t. If you must do it, underline.</ul>

	Other resources:		Other resources:
	http://www.simplyscripts.com/WR_format.html		<ul><li>http://www.simplyscripts.com/WR_format.html
	http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format_a.txt		<li>http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format_a.txt
	http://www.humboldt.edu/~jmf2/floss/rt.script.example.html		<li>http://www.humboldt.edu/~jmf2/floss/rt.script.example.html
			</ul>

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