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 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:11 pm
I'm not sure where to put this...so I'm just sticking it in the main forum.
Here goes...
In a screenplay, if a character apears first in dialogue do you still capitalize his name the first time he appears in an action? Ex:
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.................................EXAMPLE CHARACTER (O.C.)
.......................Now you see how it works?
CLOSE ON: A pair of rusty scissors on the ground. A black gloved hand reaches down and gropes for them.
CRANE UP: past the hand to the gaunt face of EXAMPLE CHARACTER.
................(Do I need to capitalize the name here?^)
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(The little dots are for indentation holders because gaia won't keep the format.)
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:13 am
As far as I know, it varies, some people like to do it to help point out which character the shot emphasis should be on in multi character wide shots.
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:23 pm
In scripts you capitalize their name the first time they appear in each scene.
I studied drama but I dont know if its the same for screenplay.
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