How to Format a Screenplay - Action & Description - Screenplay Formatting for Beginners
5How to Format a Screenplay - Action & Description - Screenplay Formatting for Beginners
How do professional screenwriters format action and description in their screenplays? Today, I'll show you how the screenwriters behind Avengers: Endgame and Pixar's UP format their action and description. When do you break up different paragraphs? When do you capitalize different items? I'll cover all those and more as we figure out how to format our action and descriptions in our screenplays.
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MORE VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES:
- How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners: Scene Headings: https://youtu.be/vosGvfR3Ajw
- How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners: Dialogue: https://youtu.be/jbBa7-HO07Y
- How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners: Series of Shots | Montages | Flashbacks: https://youtu.be/T-Ybt1FBRAo
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro: How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners - Action & Description
0:58 - Avengers: Endgame Script - How the Writers Formatted Action & Description
02:00 - Shifting the Action Between Characters/Shots - How to Format a Screenplay
03:05 - When to Use All Caps in a Screenplay - How to Format a Screenplay
09:00 - Giving Camera Direction in Action/Description - How to Format a Screenplay
0:13:45 - Script Formatting Analysis - Pixar's UP - How to Format a Screenplay
0:19:10 - Capitalization - First Appearance of a Character - How to Format a Screenplay
0:20:44 - Good Example of NOT Including Camera Direction in Action - How to Format a Screenplay
0:23:00 - Examining Jay Sherer's Short Film Script - How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners
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TRANSCRIPT - ABRIDGED:
PART 1: Avengers: Endgame Script Review - How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners: Action and Description
Capitalization in the Avengers: Endgame Script - What should you capitalize in action and description?
Paragraph breaks in the Avengers: Endgame Script - When should you add a paragraph break?
How the writers chose to add emphasis (when needed) to the Avengers: Endgame Script.
PART 2: Pixar's UP - How to Format a Screenplay for Beginners: Action and Description
How do Pixar's UP screenwriters handle action and description differently? Let's take a look at capitalization, paragraph breaks, and camera direction.