written at the start of a slug-line - what's that all about? The clearer the setting - the less time the reader spends trying to orientate themselves in the scene. The takeaway? - Be specific with your slug-lines - they set up the scene for the reader. You can recall vague notions of what it was about, and sure you might recall an emotion - but all-in-all it's broken and dis-jointed. Other scripts I come away from and it's like trying to remember a dream from a year ago. Some scripts I come away from with a very clear sense of the world the writer intended to create. ![]() The easier it is to visualize the environment, characters, and the events that take place, the better your script will read. Until your reader KNOWS where the scene is set, they are unable to visualize the scene properly.Įverything you write should be visual. When your slug-line lacks detail, the reader goes into the scene searching for clues as to where the location is. Whose house is it, and what part of the house are we in? This slug-line lacks some necessary detail. The purpose of the slug-line is to paint the scene in the most concise way possible.īut you don't want to be too concise with your slug-line.įor example - I often see INT. If, say, you have a character walking through the woods - it would be sufficient to write You don't have to have a major location and a minor location. MAJOR LOCATION lets us know the general area, while the MINOR LOCATION gives us a more specific understanding of the immediate environs of the scene. MAJOR LOCATION - MINOR LOCATION - DAY/NIGHT The simplified formatting looks like this. ![]() The SLUGLINE is a simplified format for letting producers know the location of the scene. Quite a simple post today - but an area that evidently needs to be addressed as I see far too many amateur screen-writers getting these wrong. The following are a series of concise screenwriting tips. ![]() I do a lot of coverage of screenplays these days.
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