How to write a movie script?

The standard script format has its professional functions, and the basic readers of movie scripts are very narrow: producers, directors, actors, photographers, artists, costumes and makeup. Standardized and standardized scripts can make the above professionals clearly see their work in the scripts.

The standard script allows actors and creative artists to find dialogue and action immediately, which is convenient for evaluating the proportion of dialogue and action, the proportion of actors' roles and the proportion of interior and exterior scenes in each scene. Reading the script in this format, you can easily see and distinguish "scene", "time", "character", "action" and "dialogue" at a glance.

The format of western movie scripts has experienced more than one hundred years of evolution. Today's professional standard style-we call it international standard format, and the format of China movie scripts needs to be in line with international standards.

The following script examples are taken from the English script manuscript (page 6) and translation of the best film Schindler List.

A complete screenplay is about 120 pages. A two-hour movie is about 1 10 to 120 pages, with seven scenes. A 90-minute movie is about 90 pages, and there are also 7 scenes.

Script format:

Title of the screenplay (capitalized and underlined)

author

Your name (the author's name)

The name of your agent or lawyer.

address

telephone

* * * * * (Please indicate the registered copyright here)

"Title of the script" (you can write it here or not)

Script format example 1

Description: This is the previous script. The text is a little more words, only providing format reference. Existing scripts need a more refined white language.

Looking for kittens

[Screenwriter]: Li Guangyou

[Introduction]: In order to save a half-price ticket, 20 cents, Su Fen hid the kitten in the suitcase. I didn't expect the suitcase to be replaced, and I almost lost my kitten.

[Summary]

1. Before going out for a trip, they discussed how to save money and decided to hide the kitten in the suitcase.

At the airport, the thieves switched their bags and they didn't notice at all.

When they arrived in Xi 'an, they found that they had been switched, so they called the police.

Go back to Chongqing and ask the police for help.

The thief blackmailed 20 cents.

6. Although they were heartbroken about money, they reluctantly agreed for the sake of the kitten, and element fragrance scolded them.

I paid the ransom and waited anxiously for the criminal's call.

8. The People's Square was changed to Chaotianmen.

9. The police arrested the criminal and rescued the kitten. The young couple are full of remorse.

[Text]

From: Feilaixuan

I think it is of great learning value, so I will share it with you here. )

In view of the recent access to a large number of movie scripts, it is found that the format of movie scripts in China is very confusing at present, and this article is specially issued for the reference of professional screenwriters only.

Many China film writers ignore the professional function of the standard format of film scripts, and the boundaries between novels and scripts are unclear. Some even take it for granted that they have created a variety of script formats, the definition of the scene is not clear, the dialogue and action description are mixed together, and the characters and dialogue are mixed together, so that the main creator can't distinguish between "dialogue" and "action". There are only four basic elements in the composition of a movie script: scene description, characters, dialogue and action description, which should be clearly distinguished.

The standard script format has its professional functions, and the basic readers of movie scripts are very narrow: producers, directors, actors, photographers, artists, costumes and makeup. Standardized and standardized scripts can make the above professionals clearly see their work in the scripts.

The standard script allows actors and creative artists to find dialogue and action immediately, which is convenient for evaluating the proportion of dialogue and action, the proportion of actors' roles and the proportion of interior and exterior scenes in each scene. Reading the script in this format, you can easily see and distinguish "scene", "time", "character", "action" and "dialogue" at a glance.

The format of western movie scripts has experienced more than one hundred years of evolution. Today's professional standard style-we call it international standard format, and the format of China movie scripts needs to be in line with international standards.

The following script examples are taken from the English script manuscript (page 6) and translation of the best film Schindler List.

A complete screenplay is about 120 pages. A two-hour movie is about 1 10 to 120 pages, with seven scenes. A 90-minute movie is about 90 pages, and there are also 7 scenes.

Script format:

Title of the screenplay (capitalized and underlined)

author

Your name (the author's name)

The name of your agent or lawyer.

address

telephone

* * * * * (Please indicate the registered copyright here)

"Title of the script" (you can write it here or not)

Script format example 1

Description: This is the previous script. The text is a little more words, only providing format reference. Existing scripts need a more refined white language.

Looking for kittens

[Screenwriter]: Li Guangyou

[Introduction]: In order to save a half-price ticket, 20 cents, Su Fen hid the kitten in the suitcase. I didn't expect the suitcase to be replaced, and I almost lost my kitten.

[Summary]

1. Before going out for a trip, they discussed how to save money and decided to hide the kitten in the suitcase.

At the airport, the thieves switched their bags and they didn't notice at all.

When they arrived in Xi 'an, they found that they had been switched, so they called the police.

Go back to Chongqing and ask the police for help.

The thief blackmailed 20 cents.

6. Although they were heartbroken about money, they reluctantly agreed for the sake of the kitten, and element fragrance scolded them.

I paid the ransom and waited anxiously for the criminal's call.

8. The People's Square was changed to Chaotianmen.

9. The police arrested the criminal and rescued the kitten. The young couple are full of remorse.

[Text]

one

(at home. )

Element fragrance: At twenty cents, where are we going to travel?

At: This time, if we want to go, we will go far away. We will go to Xi 'an to see the military pit.

Element fragrance: What is there to see in the pit?

At: You don't understand this. The Qin Shihuang burial pit in this military pit more than 2,000 years ago has a long history and a huge scale, which is unique in the world. No foreign president or king can visit China without visiting China!

Element fragrance: How much does it cost to go to Xi 'an?

Twenty cents: Yes, a person needs at least a plane ticket of more than one thousand yuan.

Element fragrance: Ah! So the three of us need more than 3,000 yuan for air tickets alone? This is still one-sided. Isn't the round trip 6000 yuan?

Twenty cents: a kitten can buy half a ticket.

Element fragrance: Even if the kitten buys half a ticket, doesn't it cost 5000 yuan? Ouch, is my heart pounding?

At: (mysteriously) I have an idea.

Element fragrance: (excitedly) If you have any good ideas, why don't you say them quickly?

At: We hid in the front of the suitcase.

Element fragrance: Do you want this? People are alive. First, the kitten cried. Second, there is not enough oxygen in the head of the box.

At: hypoxia is not easy to handle. Just punch a few holes in the box, and it will be easier to cry. Give the kitten some valium and make sure he sleeps comfortably in the box. You see, it only takes more than an hour from Chongqing to Xi.

Element fragrance: (happily) That's a good idea. If you don't stop, you can save all the money to buy this half-price ticket! Oh, dear, you are so clever!

(element fragrance hugs two hairs and kisses them. Two hairs look very proud. )

two

(Airport lounge)

Element fragrance: Twenty cents, I need to go to the toilet. Why don't you look after your luggage?

At: Yes, you go!

(element fragrance just left, a thief with a box of the same size, walked beside at. While two hairs' eyes were watching, he quickly changed the box. Twenty cents didn't even notice. )

(Two people successfully boarded the plane. When the plane took off, they smiled at each other knowing that the plan was successful. )

The thief walked out of the airport with a heavy box and took a taxi to the city. )

In a rented room, the thief couldn't wait to open the box. When he saw the kitten asleep, he suddenly became at a loss. )

Thief: Are those men and women traffickers? No, if the police find out, they will think I am a trafficker. Human trafficking is much bigger than committing theft! what can I do?

The thief paced up and down the room in a hurry. )

The kitten woke up suddenly and saw a stranger. He started to cry with a "wow". )

When the thief saw it, he quickly covered his mouth. )

Thief: Don't cry, little friend. I am a good friend of your father. He asked me to take you home. Tell your uncle where your home is. Uncle will take you back at once.

As soon as the thief let go, the kitten began to cry again )

Thief: If you cry again, I'll tape your mouth and tie you up with a rope!

The kitten was very scared and stopped crying. )

Thief: Tell your uncle where your home is? Uncle will take you back right away.

The kitten looked at the thief in horror and couldn't speak. )

three

(Er Mao Sufen walks out of Xi 'an Airport, takes a taxi to the hotel and enters the room. They can't wait to open the box. Seeing that there were only a few broken bricks in the box, they were blindsided at the same time. )

At: ah! What happened? It must have been changed by a thief!

Element fragrance: (Wow, I cried and sat on the ground) My little hair is gone! Why don't you come with me to get it back! Still standing here! If something happens to the kitten, I won't live!

At: (glassy-eyed, crying) Where can I find it? !

Element fragrance: Call the police, you idiot!

They immediately checked out the room and took a taxi to the airport security room. )

Element fragrance: Comrade police, our baby has been lost. Anyway, you must help us find my child.

Policeman: Take your time and let me write it down. What's going on here?

At: (lowers his head) It's a surprise. In order to save money to buy a plane ticket, we hid Xiao Mao, who was only three years old, in the suitcase. As a result, I don't know where the thief lost his bag. We went to the hotel and opened the box. There are only a few broken bricks in it. Look here.

Policeman: I said you, what can I say about you? You can do such a thing, but you are still the parents of the child, and you don't think about the safety of the child at all! If something happens to the child, you ...

(Er Mao Sufen lowers his head in shame)

Element fragrance: I know we did something wrong, and we won't dare again. But it is important for this good boy to find the baby as soon as possible!

Policeman: Let me see, at Xi 'an Airport, after you got the box from the conveyor belt, did you take your hand away before putting it in the taxi?

At: I promise not.

Policeman: That means the box was not lost in Xi, but in Chongqing airport. The thief will definitely not leave by plane after leaving his bag, but wants to find a place to open the box and find the money as soon as possible. Once the thief finds the child, he will blackmail you, and the other is to abandon the child. Yes, you should fly back to Chongqing as soon as possible, and I'll contact Chongqing right away)

four

(At is flying back to Chongqing. )

Policeman: Just now Xi 'an briefed us on the situation. If the thief wants to extort money, first, get your home address and phone number out of the child's mouth, but this is unlikely for a three-year-old child; Then find out your contact information from the box. Do you have a phone book or something in the box?

At: no! There are only a few clothes inside.

Policeman: That's difficult. We can only hope that the thief will abandon the child. We have no choice but to look for it in many ways. Go back and get a picture of the child, and we will find you as soon as possible. You have to look everywhere yourself.

(They look around in the street. "Kitten, kitten. "Where are you? "It was cut through the night sky in Chongqing. The police posted searching for you everywhere. )

five

When the thief saw that you were looking for it, he called Ermaozhou from a public phone booth. )

Thief: Are you Ermaozhou? Who am I? Don't care who I am. I thought you were a trafficker My son realized that you are not a trafficker, but the baby's father. (At: what a surprise! Do you have children now? ) Yes, I have it at hand, and I don't want your children either, but I don't know one thing. What do you want to do with the baby at the head of the box? At: I just want to save money on plane tickets! ) oh! It's a long story (At: I like to be in a daze. You give me my baby back and I'll give you the money saved on the plane ticket. How much is a plane ticket? Baby tickets are half price? You can think about it! You are still trying to save money at this time! (At: do you want a lot? ) like a stare blankly, I'll calculate an account for you. You deposit 10 thousand yuan in this account, and when I get the money, I will inform you where to pick up the children. One thing to remember: never call the police.

six

(at home)

At: the thief wants 10 thousand yuan. what do you think?

Element fragrance: Ten thousand is ten thousand! Is the child important or the money important?

At: I'm afraid that these people will not keep their promises, and they will take 10 thousand even if they take 10 thousand. In case this is a bottomless pit, the children will not see it and will lose a lot of money.

Element fragrance: Why don't we tell the police and see what they can do?

At: No, no, haven't you heard? If the other party knows, it is possible to kill the ticket!

Element fragrance: Ah! Oh, kitten, it's all mom's fault. It's mom who hurt you!

At: Now is not the time to cry!

Element fragrance: Two Mao Zhou! It was all your bad idea. If anything happens to the baby, I won't try my best to find you!

At: (aggrieved) Although it was my idea, I didn't get your approval. Why am I the only one to blame?

Element fragrance: (slapping twenty hairs, crying and screaming) It's all your fault! Blame you! You pig, you've never had a good idea, and you've given a bad idea! You pig! You plague pig!

(Phone rings)

At: Hey (thief: You haven't saved any money yet? ) I'll go right away, right away, but I know you really have children? Thief: This is easy to handle. Come on, kitten, call you old man. The kitten shouted, Dad, I want to go home! ) son, kitten, dad will pick you up soon, don't cry.

Element fragrance: Yeah, thank goodness, my little head is back. What are you doing here? Save money quickly!

At: Yes, yes, I'll go, I'll go right away!

seven

(20 cents to save money to go home)

Element fragrance: Has the money been deposited?

At: it's in!

Element fragrance: What shall we do now?

At: Wait, wait for the other party to call.

(Element fragrance looks at the phone anxiously, expecting it to ring. )

Element fragrance: Why didn't you call back? Is the other person dead? He won't hit us, huh?

At: You wait for the right moment! It's no use worrying.

(The phone is ringing. )

Element fragrance: (quickly grabs the phone) Hey, what time is it? People's Square? On the middle step of the main entrance? If you want, we'll go right away. (Put down the phone) We can finally meet the kitten. Come on, come on, go to the People's Square to pick up the kitten!

eight

They came to People's Square and looked everywhere, but they couldn't find it. )

Element fragrance: Where are people? Where is the kitten? That's the point!

At: That's right. Where are you?

(The telephone is ringing. )

At: Hello, where is he? Thief: Don't worry, I've decided to go to Chaotianmen Square temporarily. You should go to Chaotianmen Square to pick up your baby now. Hurry up! If you are too tight, I am not responsible for where the baby falls! ) Hurry and pick up the baby at Chaotianmen instead.

Element fragrance: Ah! Chaotianmen? What changed again?

At: Oh, just like Chaotianmen! These thieves are very clever. He was afraid that you would call the police. He wants to test whether we are honest.

Element fragrance: Ah! We have to be examined by criminals?

At: Yes, is there any way? We don't just do what others say. Even Chaotianmen is such a test. We must get there first!

Element fragrance: OK, let's go! Go! I hope he will leave us alone, otherwise, my heart will be unbearable.

nine

(Two hairs' cell phone rings)

Hello, is this officer Zhou? Huh? You have a kitten? Ok, if you want, we'll be right there. (Turn off the phone) Come on, Su Fen, the kitten is at the police station, and we will see the kitten soon!

Element fragrance: However, the thief just said Chaotianmen!

At: Maybe the thief was caught by the police!

They came to the police station and saw the kitten as soon as they entered the door. )

Element fragrance: (hugging the kitten and sobbing) Kitty, you miss your mother so much! Did the bad guys hit you?

Kitten: He didn't hit me, but he gave me candy to eat.

Element fragrance: This is good, this is good! Kitten, it's all my mother's greed for petty gain. She almost lost our kitten. She won't do it again.

Kitten: Mom, what are you greedy for? I don't know?

Element fragrance: I don't know. Mom won't leave you alone again anyway.

Officer, who found the kitten? Did you catch the thief?

Policeman: Give the thief back. He has risen from thief to kidnapping and extortion. We found him the first time he called you, arrested the criminal in the rental house and found the kitten. Second, learn a lesson and get rid of the bad habit of being greedy and cheap.

Two hairs, element fragrance: We will, we will change, and we will never be greedy for petty gain again.

(The family goes home happily. )