Two questions about slugs:
1-I have a TV pilot in which I switch back and forth between the past (middle ages) and present day.
I wanted to avoid repeating that in the action line considering the limitations in the page count, which a TV script has and used something I found in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenplay:
INT. CIRCUS - RESEARCH - EVENING – PAST
INT. CONNIE’S HOUSE - DAY – PRESENT
INT. CIRCUS - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY – PAST
INT. HOTEL ISLAY - SMILEY’S ROOM - DAY – PRESENT
Would PAST and PRESENT be accepted in a TV pilot (and other formats of scripts) or is there a better way to express that in a slugline?
I have established at the beginning the basic of the story, what happens where, but because of the time jumps, it must be clear to the reader in which time every scene takes place.
As addition to this, can I write the country in which a scene takes place as a part of a slugline if you switch between two different countries(I want avoid using a super for this because it could lead up to an extra page of unnecessary text).
This is how they did it in the same script:
EXT. HUNGARY - BUDAPEST - 1973 – DAY
2-I have an MC who does his work in the gardens of different customers.
Which of the loglines would be the best for this
EXT. CUSTOMER HOME #1 – DAY
EXT. CUSTOMER HOME #2 – DAY
Or
EXT. CUSTOMER’S HOME #1 – DAY
EXT. CUSTOMER’S HOME #2 – DAY
Or is it
EXT. CUSTOMER’S #1 HOME – DAY
EXT. CUSTOMER’S #2 HOME - DAY
I have in between scenes in which something important happens at a third location and do not want - cannot use a series of shots, a montage, or similar devices.
1-I have a TV pilot in which I switch back and forth between the past (middle ages) and present day.
I wanted to avoid repeating that in the action line considering the limitations in the page count, which a TV script has and used something I found in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenplay:
INT. CIRCUS - RESEARCH - EVENING – PAST
INT. CONNIE’S HOUSE - DAY – PRESENT
INT. CIRCUS - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY – PAST
INT. HOTEL ISLAY - SMILEY’S ROOM - DAY – PRESENT
Would PAST and PRESENT be accepted in a TV pilot (and other formats of scripts) or is there a better way to express that in a slugline?
I have established at the beginning the basic of the story, what happens where, but because of the time jumps, it must be clear to the reader in which time every scene takes place.
As addition to this, can I write the country in which a scene takes place as a part of a slugline if you switch between two different countries(I want avoid using a super for this because it could lead up to an extra page of unnecessary text).
This is how they did it in the same script:
EXT. HUNGARY - BUDAPEST - 1973 – DAY
2-I have an MC who does his work in the gardens of different customers.
Which of the loglines would be the best for this
EXT. CUSTOMER HOME #1 – DAY
EXT. CUSTOMER HOME #2 – DAY
Or
EXT. CUSTOMER’S HOME #1 – DAY
EXT. CUSTOMER’S HOME #2 – DAY
Or is it
EXT. CUSTOMER’S #1 HOME – DAY
EXT. CUSTOMER’S #2 HOME - DAY
I have in between scenes in which something important happens at a third location and do not want - cannot use a series of shots, a montage, or similar devices.
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