Drama script
Note camera direction to the left and dialogue and actor direction is centred
FADE-IN DAY /INT. KITCHEN OF EDWARDS HOME-MEDIUM SHOT PAN FROM WINDOW TO ALANA EDWARDS BY STOVE, STIRRING SOMETHING, LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW AT THE SAME TIME
ALANA EDWARDS, age 36, quickly moves from the stove to the kitchen table. CLOSE-UP - TOASTER Toast pops up in the toaster. We SEE ALANA'S HAND quickly pull out the toast. WIDE SHOT - KITCHEN We HEAR a KETTLE WHISTLE. She quickly moves to the stove to turn off the burner. ALANA (calling) Bill, you're going to be late! She takes a pan of oatmeal off the stove and pours it in four bowls on the kitchen table. RONNIE, age 8, bursts into the room. ALANA (continuing) And tell Sherry to get a move on! MEDIUM SHOT RONNIE RONNIE (sitting down) Mom, Sherry's puttin' lipstick on again; I saw her. ALANA (calling) Sherry! INT. HALLWAY - MEDIUM SHOT - SHERRY - DAY SHERRY EDWARDS, age 12, stops to check her appearance in the hallway mirror. She HEARS her father's FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS and quickly turns and walks toward the kitchen. INT. KITCHEN - WIDE SHOT - DAY ALANA (To Sherry as she enters) Where's your father? (CONTINUED) Note that things we HEAR and SEE are typically capitalized in film scripts. Also, the first time actors appear in the script their names are capitalized. The master scene style film script is similar to the above except that shots are not numbered and described. Only general scene descriptions are provided. The latter approach gives the director more latitude in deciding on shots.