Hi there nice people, I wonder if you guys could help me out:

1- when you have a scene in the interior of a van, its more acurate to write "INT - VAN - DAY"
or "INT/EXT - VAN - DAY".

2- I notice that, some writers, use next to the scene heading number, the letters "A", "B", "C" etc...Why is that?

3- I have a fast montage scene where we see various streets in fast motion.How do I represent that?

4- I wonder if anyone saw vanilla sky.The last scenes are a bunch of image montages.Can I write like this: "INT/EXT - MONTAGE OF IMAGES"

Thanks a million.

I can help you out:

1- If the camera starts inside the van, then it's more accurate to say INT. VAN - DAY. If the camera starts in the van and quickly moves outside, then it's INT/EXT. VAN - DAY (NOTE: The latter is very rare, you're better off with the first).

2-The writers who put down A, B and C usually direct the scripts as well. They are basically structuring it as a shooting script, inwhich they can mark down letters, or numbers, for every scene they shoot (i.e. scene F, or scene 6).

3-You write MONTAGE: and then use -- for every time something happens (e.g.-

MONTAGE:

--They get on their bikes

--They speed down the highway

--They pass by a couple mountains.

--They arrive at the agency.

BACK TO SCENE).

4-You can do this in one of two ways. I reccomend the above aforementioned, but you could literally do a seperate scene heading for every one-second shot. I think that's a pain in the ass, but that's just me.

Sidenote-The best books to read before you, as you, or, in my case, after you've write your script:

SREEENWRITER'S BIBLE - David Trottier
HOW NOT TO WRITE A SCRIPT - Denny Martin Flinn
ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE - William Goldman
STORY - Robert McKee

Best of luck.

unless you're trying to sell this screenplay, or impress some wanker with it, write it however you will understand it. as for ur actors, they prolly wouldnt understand the EXT?INT and other tags and **** themselves, so u might as well just write a couple pages of dialogue and a few sentences saying whats going on with characters or plot/ fill in the rest when u shoot.

thanks a lot mate.
Thanks 4 the books also.I´m gonna try to find them.Cheers

I have to impress some wanker, hill He´s giving me the money.

you´re right about the actors that dont understand the ext/int bull****. With that idiots I use a colour pen.