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eldave1
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I have seen a few scripts with bold scene headings lately - I kind of like it because it makes the script pop a little more - at least to my eye - any thoughts on bold vs. not bold?


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Bold is nice, but some people might think you're being inconsistent if you don't bold things like mini slugs and transitions.

It just helps break things up on the page.
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It's a personal choice. I bold scene headings and mini slugs. Makes it easier to identify each scene. I don't like underlined though, but that too is a personal preference.


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Quoted from Grandma Bear
It's a personal choice. I bold scene headings and mini slugs. Makes it easier to identify each scene. I don't like underlined though, but that too is a personal preference.


Francis Ford Coppola gets away with underlining slugs!

What a clueless ruffian!

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Quoted from Grandma Bear
It's a personal choice. I bold scene headings and mini slugs. Makes it easier to identify each scene. I don't like underlined though, but that too is a personal preference.


Snap. I bold slugs, mini slugs, supers and text that the character reads (ie, newspaper headlines, etc.). Anything to grab the attention of skim-readers is a no-brainer, IMO.


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Max
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Pretty much what Toby_E said
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If they're going to skim read then I'd rather they read something else. Each to their own. I do bold camera directions and scene transitions. It's a personal choice. No right and wrong.
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Haha, I knew someone would say that

But script readers are human. Their attention wanders, like it does for us all. So it's our job to grab and keep their attention.

I personally find bold slugs do this, when I'm reading other's work. As a result, I too bold mine.


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I triple space my slugs. I think bold works best with the double space. If using a triple, as I do, then I believe it is overkill.
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^^ That I agree with. It's an either/or thing, IMO. If you triple space slugs, the reader would have to be an idiot to miss the scene change, regardless. But I agree, bolding triple spaced slugs is definitely leaning towards the overkill side of things.


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Anybody know how to do this automatically on Final draft?


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If you start bolding your slugs, FD will begin to automatically bold them for you, in subsequent slugs... No idea if you can go back and automatically bold previously unbolded slugs though?


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thanks all


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Quoted from eldave1
thanks all


What software do you use Dave?
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I've been bolding my slugs for last year or so, think it helps break up the script a little and helps me navigate as I re-read it.

Definitely a personal choice thing and I'm sticking to it, but I have had a short marked down for it in a screenwriting comp - so clearly not to the taste of all readers!

Anthony


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