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I probably should PM you this, but the chances of you reading it might be nil. It's probably best if you have any more personal attacks to send my way, to just PM me to let this post die. I'm not even talking content here, but often it follows. What I said early was just the bottom line: a script is poorly formatted and hard to read, I have to toss it. I don't shitcan a lot of scripts, you go to each one with hope in your heart that you aren't wasting your time. You seem to make a great deal of assumptions and hope that perhaps I don't know enough so I can't counter you. Micheal Arndt was a script reader for years and said it was an incredible education. I certainly don't condescend to you for being a writer/criminal, nor do I whip out my 'creds' to prove my authority over trivial matters.īut maybe that will make you treat me as a member of the forum? Not just a sophomoric know it all? Is that what it takes? Proof I have earned my right to be an asshole? Sure, I can do that if you PM me. I realize I know nothing about your actual body of work, but you don't know about mine either.

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Being a contest winner, the last time I checked, doesn't boost a person into professional status. I don't understand what being a student or an 'amatuer' has to do with anything or why you have labelled me such.

Since you already have your answer, it's not really oriented to you. By saying this is for JJshell, not you Lin, it was for any guy or gal who had such a question. Perhaps I should have PMed him, or maybe I foolishly thought it would be helpful for the next person who had a similar question. infact the one you quite rudely discredited from Mammamia happened to be (in my opinion) the better answer. All of this doesn't matter exteremely much, but the reason I was specific is because a specific question was asked and there were several different answers. You're right, I'm new here to this particular forum, I didn't expect to be challenged and accused of a bandwith of ? marks when I tried to simply explain myself. I'm not here to make you sound ignorant and I'm not here to be petty.

JJ isn't here anymore and lazerbeak has given a simplified answer. And yeah, if a martian bought my script, I would add some more specifications. I'm just answering the question and explaining why it's done the way it is done. If you prefer not to, Lin, go ahead and write your sluglines however you choose. It could be filmed on any street anywhere according to the script. Well, now your scene doesn't have the implication it's outside of the art gallery as it would with EXT. STREET - DAY to shoot or if he/she thinks they can save time and money by shooting on a street somewhere at a different location. Now, imagine if you are producer who is lumping together all of the scenes that are EXT. All of the shots in one location (even though they are different scenes) can be filmed together to save time and money by setting up the location just once and filming all of those scenes together. When it comes to filmmaking, scenes and locations will be filmed in different places and different times based on a shooting schedule a producer puts together. My lengthy, but hopefully clarifying explination to why it's important: It has to be clear and the more clear you are, the more professional you come across. A screenplay is a blue print for others to follow-a director, actors, and a producer (esp for location).

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