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No, Max - it was a 10 section scoring system where one of the areas was Formatting, they marked it down for bold slugs as non standard... which I guess it isn't yet!
Exact comments were SCENE HEADINGS should not be bold SCENE HEADINGS should have DAY or NIGHT SCENE HEADINGS should not have MORNING or other abnormal times/lighting cues (just DAY or NIGHT)
I think I had a MORNING as a time of day too...
One readers view, and script did okay otherwise... and no one else has ever commented negatively,
Some take it as an affront to their intelligence. Like they're going to miss a scene heading, or even skim read. As a reader, I'd take it badly and would mark down for it. I'd also mark down for overuse of uppercase.
Some take it as an affront to their intelligence. Like they're going to miss a scene heading, or even skim read. As a reader, I'd take it badly and would mark down for it. I'd also mark down for overuse of uppercase.
There are just several reasons to not make scene headings bold. To me, the most important is that it's an eye catcher. If you turn the page and there's a bold slug in the upper third, you know the scene is going to end -- while the common slug is not so striking - some caps are here and there, also THE TYPEFACE LOOKS SAME and not different.
Bold slugs foreshadow a scene ends soon and with that changes expectations, hurts the reading experience of surprise, tension etc etc...
Some scripts I triple space before, some genres need that imo...
perhaps some input to think about... Have a nice we
There are just several reasons to not make scene headings bold. To me, the most important is that it's an eye catcher. If you turn the page and there's a bold slug in the upper third, you know the scene is going to end -- while the common slug is not so striking - some caps are here and there, also THE TYPEFACE LOOKS SAME and not different.
Bold slugs foreshadow a scene ends soon and with that changes expectations, hurts the reading experience of surprise, tension etc etc...
Some scripts I triple space before, some genres need that imo...
perhaps some input to think about... Have a nice we
I agree with you and this is an excellent catch.
I double space before Slugs always, as it helps make them standout, but not too much like BOLD Slugs do.
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
Wow - weird that they would mark you down for that.
I also think it's horseshit to mark down for using a time element other than DAY and NIGHT. That's complete BS.
Concur!!!!!
But there are sources that say stick with DAY or NIGHT. For example: "What a Script" says only use DAY or NIGHT unless it is a scene in space. So, there is probably some noob out there marking down scripts that use DUSK or DAWN - which in my humble opinion wold be absolutely idiotic to mark someone down on.
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