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Posted by: Don, May 2nd, 2015, 8:28am
Dark Sector by Brian Wareham - Action, Adventure - A CIA operative, recruited for possible admittance into a covert kill unit, deals with the ethical lines that must be adjusted and crossed to enter, work in, and survive. 90 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: Max, May 7th, 2015, 4:48pm; Reply: 1
Is this script based on the video-game?
Posted by: TonyDionisio, August 6th, 2015, 8:14am; Reply: 2
I'm curious, if the author shows, why he is caps-crazy when truly not needed.
Posted by: Max, August 6th, 2015, 9:18am; Reply: 3

Quoted from TonyDionisio
I'm curious, if the author shows, why he is caps-crazy when truly not needed.


Have you ever read the Edge of Tommorow script?  That too is riddled with caps, but it's mainly done that way so the action jumps off the page.

With regards to this script tho, basic description is in capitals.  I skimmed over this script a while ago, but my interest was lost a little because I thought it was based on the video-game.
Posted by: TonyDionisio, August 6th, 2015, 6:29pm; Reply: 4
Online specifically, caps suggests yelling. I think old school script rules are to all cap important sounds so that the team can easily see their calling. Ofcourse first character intros and location changes are important as well. I didn't read the original Edge script, (live die, repeat was it?)

BTW, that sig is making me ill. ;)
Posted by: Erica, August 8th, 2015, 1:43pm; Reply: 5
My guess is the parts in upper case are added because that's what the writer sees in other scripts (produced scripts).  They use this as a guideline for their own works.  The problem is, those scripts are shooting scripts and not spec scripts.  

As I read through the first page though, those caps are not correct for even a shooting script so I'm curious as to why everything is in caps?  It makes it very difficult to read, I've already disconnect before finishing the first page.
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