Formatting a Script

When formatting a script your font size should be...

• 9

• 10

• 11

• 12

When formatting a script your margins should be...

• All 1"

• All 1.5'

• Top, Bottom and Right should be 1"

  Left should be 1.5"

• Top, Bottom and Leftshould be 1"

  Right should be 1.5"

When formatting a script your font should be...

• Times New Roman

• Comic Sans

• Courier

• Lora

Identify the Script Formatting: Informs whether the scene is outside (EXT.) or inside (INT.), the SPECIFIC LOCATION, as well as whether it’s DAY or NIGHT. Everything is ALL CAPS, Left aligned.

• Subheader

• Scene Heading

• Dialogue

• Scene Description

Identify the Script Formatting: Indicates cutting between locations within a scene (typically via phone/computer). Aligned left, ALL CAPS.

• Intercut

• Action

• Parenthetical

• Character ID

Identify the Script Formatting: The lines the character is saying. 2.5 inch margins on both sides.

• Scene Description

• Action

• Subheader

• Dialogue

Identify the Script Formatting: Follows the Scene Heading, giving descriptive detail of what the audience observes as the scene opens. Can vary from general to very detailed. Any CHARACTER names are ALL CAPS. Full page margins. Left aligned.

• Scene Description

• Scene Heading

• Subheader

• Parenthetical

Identify the Script Formatting: Directly underneath Character ID. Indicates how the actor should deliver a line—can indicate action, gesture, or emotion connected to the dialogue.

• Dialogue

• Character ID

• Scene Heading
• Parenthetical

Identify the Script Formatting: Indicates a character about to speak. ALL CAPS. Indented 3.7 inches from left margin.

• Dialogue

• Character ID

• Action

• Intercut

When you start a scene you should start with...

• FADE IN

• The Logline

• The Scene Description

• EXT - LOCATION - TIME