No worries Andrew, I am beginning to worry I have got this wrong and don't like to give bad advice, especially to newbies. I did think I was answering correctly. It may well be that I have misinterpreted the question.

I think Phil made the classic error of responding to what I said rather than responding to the original question and everybody has followed on from that. That is my fault because my answer to the OP's question could well be taken to mean something else too.

Jason's mom and the killer are two different characters, it does not matter that once the mask is off they are the same, throughout the movie they are different because they have different personalities. Same goes for Scream. The kevin Costner example has nothing to do with this, just like Kevin Spacey is not Kaiser Souze during the movie either, they are two different characters again. It is only at the end do they become the same character.

I think this is very different to what the OP actually asked which I took to mean the same character in disguise.

To EP Jones, don't let this put you off, there are no experts here, just a few people who will give you totally different answers. The answer is that there are no answers, just write the best script you can, post it here on Simply Scripts and wait for Dreamscale to rip it to shreds. You will learn the hard way!

Quoted from Murphy It depends on what the OP meant. What I got from his question was that we have a bunch of characters who we have been introduced to already. One of them appears in a scene wearing some kind of disguise. I think that that character should be named for that scene. Everybody involved with making this movie will need to know that the dodgy looking cocktail waitress in scene 54 is actually Billy the butcher in drag. The audience may not need to know but it should be in the script.

Those involved in the movie will know everything about said movie prior to shooting it.  You don't think the crew from Friday the 13th knew it was Jason's mom until the revealing scene was shot, do you?

Knowing the twists ahead of time ruins the story.  How can the director tell how much impact a plot twist has if he knows it all along?


Phil

Phil, use some sense and try reading the previous post before you start asking stupid bloody questions that have already been answered.

Quoted from EPJones I'm writing a screenplay where a character is disguised at one point. The thing is, the viewer doesn't realize it is that character until the end. How do I put that in the screenplay? Do I tell the reader right off the bat that it's the same character or do I surprise them later on in the script?

If the viewer doesn't know who is behind the mask, it remains a mystery in the script.

Happy now?


Phil

Quoted from dogglebe If the viewer doesn't know who is behind the mask, it remains a mystery in the script. Happy now? Phil

No, you are a tool.

I clearly said in my post last night that I may have misinterpreted the question and yet you still chose to come back and disregard my previous post and continue to bang on about Friday the bloody 13th and ask stupid questions that I have already clearly answered in an effort to make me look bloody stupid and inflate your ego even higher than it already is.

There was no need for anymore comments, but you had to have the last word.

Funny how you complain about my having the last word after you call me a tool.  I clarified my point after you complained that I wasn't paying attention.


Phil

Um, guys.  The OP disappeared 18 replies ago.  I think he was happy with Gary's initial answer.



Last word!