Screenplay Format

Act Structure: 3 Acts (Do not indicate where the act breaks occur in your screenplay.)

Font: 12 Point Courier, Courier New or Courier Final Draft

Spacing: Single

Margins: Standard 1 inch from page borders (Your script writing software will take care of this.)

Page Count: 120 pages are standard for dramas. Comedy and horror should not be more than 100 pages.
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Film Standard Page Counts

  • 120 Pages for Dramas
  • 90-100 Pages for Comedy and Horror 

Bending the Rules

Notice I wrote 'bend' and not 'break'. You cannot break the rules, but don't let them take over...

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Writing Down the Page

Writing down the pages is sometimes referred to vertical writing, but it's all the same thing...

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Camera Angles?

To use or not to use camera angles in your script is a subject of debate...

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Parentheticals

Be careful when using parentheticals.  You don't want to upset an actor by telling them how to read a line...

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