If it's a British trend it's recent.  I've read scripts for Classic Doctor Who and they have the usual slugline of NIGHT or DAY.

Unless the exact time is needed, don't include it.  If you want to show the time, throw a clock in the background, or something like that.  In a couple of scripts I've started writing, I show what time of year it is by the holiday decorations in store windows.

Use your imagination.


Phil

Is it okay have an INT. scene and still use NIGHT or DAY extenstion in the slugline?

Ex.

INT. HOUSE - NIGHT

I have a scene that takes place inside a house and one of the characters is looking out through the window into the night.

Cheers
Rob

you have the answer there

http://www.simplyscripts.com/WR_CS_sluglines.html

Michel

Merci Michel.

If a scene takes place inside an apartment room, and I have my character walking to different places within it (example: from his kitchen to his bedroom) should I include another complete slugline for it? Right now, I'm writing something like this...

INT. ROOM WHATEVER - DAY

RANDOMDUDE  gets up from his couch and walks into the--

BEDROOM

--Where he plops down on his bed.

Is this okay or should I include the whole INT. APRTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY? 'Cause I feel that's a bit too much.

--Julio  

Julio, that's a good question and the way I have learned so far is that yes, when you change rooms, you are changing scenes so that's what you do.

When you think about it, it makes sense from a "shooting" standpoint.  Movie makers might shoot all of the bedroom scenes first or last or whatever and play with the necessary lighting.

... but still, I feel awkward doing it the apparently "right" way.

Sandra

The way you have it is acceptable, but you could write the complete slugline as well.

I've seen this before:

INT   APARTMENT - VARIOUS ROOMS - DAY


and then just describe each room as he walks into it.

If the scene in one continuation, all you need is the first slugline.


Phil

Thanks you guys. I'm keeping it how it is for clarity's sake.

Your first example (using secondary headings) is the best way to do it if the scenes are continuous. It reads very cleanly and makes the different rooms stand out so they're easy to find. The other options are acceptable, but placing the rooms in descriptions makes the changes harder to find and putting individual slugs for each room is tedious to read for a quickly changing scene.

I'm gonna ask this here since it's a slugline question.

I've started work on my first feature (WOO HOO!) and in the beginning, I have INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM.

Then around page 30, he flies back home, and now I have another INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM, for the scenes that take place in his childhood home.

I don't think this is okay. Should I do INT. ALEX'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM or INT. ALEX'S CHILDHOOD BEDROOM or INT. ALEX'S OLD BEDROOM or something else? For the rest of the childhood home, I've got INT. BECKY'S ____. Becky's his mom.

Thanks in advance!

If you're using a lot of common interiors across different places I'd suggest something like:

INT. BEDROOM - ALEX'S APARTMENT
INT. BEDROOM - ALEX'S CHILDHOOD HOME

When the scene report gets generated you have a consistent "place within location, location" format.  

You can also reverse it to INT. ALEX'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM if you'd prefer.  

It's just important to stay consistent with either "place within location, location" or "location, place within location" throughout the piece.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the help.