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    Not sure how to put this on paper, but I want to fade in at the start of a script to a brief black screen (there'll be a one-line VO) before moving on to the action. Would you:

    FADE IN:

    BLACK

    DANNY (V.O.)
    It was supposed to go a hell of a lot better.

    EXT. MANHATTAN - DAYBREAK

    Etc., etc.?

  • #2
    looks fine

    or

    OVER BLACK

    DANNY (V.O.)
    It was supposed to go a hell of a lot better.

    FADE IN

    EXT. MANHATTAN - DAYBREAK

    Etc., etc.?

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    • #3
      Thanks, Edison. Much appreciated.

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      • #4
        you can't really "fade in" to black.

        here is the opening of a script of mine in which i did something similar:

        BLACKNESS

        The sound of rain spattering on water.

        Heavy, uneven breathing.

        FADE IN:

        EXT. OCEAN'S SURFACE -- NIGHT

        Rain pounds on the water, creating billions of tiny explosions as the drops collide with the ocean's surface.


        which is, of course, basically the same as edison's example.

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        • #5
          I did this with one of my scripts and also used Captain's approach.

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          • #6
            That has a certain logic to it, actually. Thanks, all.

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            • #7
              Captain's method is best.

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              • #8
                Whats wrong with just:

                BLACK

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                • #9
                  I think the FADE IN: should come after whatever you want on the blackness.

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                  • #10
                    Last time I posted an OVER BLACK with sound FX intro in Script Pages I got ripped up for ass paper! Tough audience!

                    -Derek
                    -----------------------
                    My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies.

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                    • #11
                      They won't do that to me.

                      That's because I'm me.

                      :evil

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                      • #12
                        Big ouch, that's me put in my lowly place.

                        -Derek
                        -----------------------
                        My Web Page - naked women, bestial sex, and whopping big lies.

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                        • #13
                          maybe they won't do that to you because there's nothing wrong with opening a script like that.

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                          • #14
                            Wise words, Cap't, for which one case of Olde Sealegs Rum is on its way to you.:hat

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                            • #15
                              I do it like this...


                              VOICE
                              It was supposed to go a hell of a lot better.

                              FADE IN:

                              EXT. MANHATTAN - DAYBREAK


                              That's how I do it... because you can't know who's speaking - we haven't met anyone yet. and you can't fade into blackness...
                              Best,
                              theturnaround

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