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JohnI
Posted: June 9th, 2020, 9:51am
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Just finishing up my latest script. 80% of the action takes place in a chateau and surrounding area. I understand sub headings. - my question is If I had a scene in the LOBBY And there’s another scene in the kitchen with different people - Is it INT. LOBBY (Subheading) KITCHEN Or because they are both in the Chateau - should it be INT. Chateau - LOBBY - (Subheading) KITCHEN I’ve used subheadings before comfortably but it has always been the same person going from one room to another. These are two different groups. I could use separate headings but then I would have a ton of scenes - ensemble type script. Also I end up with very long scenes - too long - because of these subheadings. Should I break them up and where? Thanks ahead of time. John
eldave1
Posted: June 9th, 2020, 4:57pm
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As long as you are in the same general locale and still at the relatively same time, I recommend the mini-slug (subheading) approach.
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JohnI
Posted: June 9th, 2020, 6:02pm
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So if i have a scene in the lobby another in the kitchen and another upstairs. Should my main scene heading be INT. Lobby Or int. Chateau - lobby As the second indicates the chateau is in the scene in it’s entirety Thanks Dave
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eldave1
Posted: June 9th, 2020, 6:26pm
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So if i have a scene in the lobby another in the kitchen and another upstairs. Should my main scene heading be INT. Lobby Or int. Chateau - lobby As the second indicates the chateau is in the scene in it’s entirety Thanks Dave
I'll give you an example of how I do it since I'm not quite sure what you need.
INT. DAVE'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - DAY
Dave watches TV - he stands up an enters the --
KITCHEN
And grabs himself a beer. Meanwhile, in the --
BEDROOM
Laura dresses for dinner.
LAURA
That bastard better not be having a beer.
KITCHEN
Dave tosses the beer bottle away,
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JohnI
Posted: June 9th, 2020, 7:30pm
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That's what I thought And in the scenes where they're no subscenes I can INT. lobby or should I stay Int. Chateau - Loby
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eldave1
Posted: June 9th, 2020, 7:40pm
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That's what I thought And in the scenes where they're no subscenes I can INT. lobby or should I stay Int. Chateau - Loby
The latter.
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Dreamscale
Posted: June 16th, 2020, 12:02pm
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Agree with Dave. Mini Slugs obviously do not have a time element attached to them - so, the assumption is that they are continuous (right after the prior Slug), or taking place at the same time (just in a different area/room). If time passes, you need a full Slug to reset the time.
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FrankM
Posted: June 17th, 2020, 12:27am
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Agree with the advice you've gotten so far. Just in case you get a purist as one of your readers, the main slug location should "contain" all of the mini-slug locations.INT. CHATEAU - DAY Alice stands in the lobby, sniffs the air in the direction of the KITCHEN Bob desperately fans a smoking ruin of a pie. He looks sheepishly back at the LOBBY Alice shakes her head. You do need to be clear about where you're starting so that the reader knows when you've returned with a later mini-slug.
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