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Posted by: Desmond, June 15th, 2022, 4:33am
How do you have multiple scene’s with a real scene in a script?  I do know you are American so I will Americanise this.
There is a scene in the American sitcom Cheers. This is showing two people complaining about their wives and what they are secretly doing. Switch to another part of the pup with their wives. They are having a go at their husbands and think their husbands do not know what they have planed for them.

Two scenes but backwards and forwards to different parts of the pup.
Posted by: LC, June 15th, 2022, 5:40am; Reply: 1
Hey, Desmond.

While there is a large contingent of U.S. members here, the beauty of the Internet is that we are from many corners of the globe - Canada, Australia, NZ, Azerbaijan, Greece, UK, Ireland, and the list goes on.

I think (without seeing the script) that you're probably referring to an Intercut.
Plenty of TV scripts can be found online including the Pilot Ep of Cheers.

What do you mean by pup?
Posted by: Desmond, June 15th, 2022, 6:39am; Reply: 2
Okay here in the UK. We have a TV soap called coronation street (pretty popular I believe in other countries). In this quaint old fashioned pub, there’re is what is described as old fashioned styled pub with cubicles .Screens with a table and sofa for about 4 people. You could have a conversation in one of these and the camera angle would change to another section. This would go back and forth. In a comedy, this could be quite entertaining.
Posted by: LC, June 15th, 2022, 7:28am; Reply: 3
Yep, I know Coronation Street, and being an Aussie I'm quite familiar with pubs too.  ;D I'm pretty sure, as with Cheers, same set-up but called a bar.

You spelt it Pup so I had no idea what you were talking about. I have a script in my sig called Simpatico set in a beer garden which jumps from one table to another.

So, what's your question?
Posted by: Desmond, June 15th, 2022, 7:50am; Reply: 4
Okay thanks. Shame about Neighbours. I loved it when Kyle was in it.

I see two issues here. One is where the people are in the same Pub/Bar and another when they are in different locations. I have put together a simple idea of both of thes. Attached.
Posted by: Desmond, June 15th, 2022, 12:48pm; Reply: 5
Okay. Sorry but can someone look at this pleas. This is two different examples of the INTERCUT. One is a scene that requires a split TV screen over a phone call and the other is in a pub/bar where it is the same location only different parts of the pub/bar.
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, June 15th, 2022, 1:14pm; Reply: 6
I think you mean that you have simultaneous actions going on in the same scene. For that I would use mini slugs after an establishing main slug (mini slugs either characters names or sections of the scene)

E.g

INT. PUB - Day

Typically British. Punters Drink

BAR

Joe bloggs orders a pint

BOOTH

Josie Bloggs slams back a shot

That what you mean?
Posted by: Desmond, June 15th, 2022, 4:24pm; Reply: 7
Hi Mathew (Love the Ukrainian logo)
So if I move from the bar to the corner of the bar it is simpl

BAR

CORNER

I think that he script editor would won't to know in advance what the corner is though.
BEDROOM, HALLWAY, BATHROOM are more obvious.
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, June 15th, 2022, 6:16pm; Reply: 8
If your main slug mentions a room, people will know what you mean by corner. But you can establish the smaller locations first, or use characters names instead to focus on them (I did this in a scene where the characters were paired up and were moving around the scene, so the focus was on the characters and not a specific location)

INT. PUB - DAY

Joe and Josie Bloggs enter.

Joe heads straight for the bar, Josie takes a seat in the corner.

BAR

Joe orders a pint, checks out the bartender as she reaches for a glass.

CORNER

Josie pulls out divorce papers, sets them on the table in front of her.


At the end of the day you just want it to be clear to the reader.
Posted by: ero, June 30th, 2022, 8:23am; Reply: 9
I'd like to piggyback onto this question.

Protagonist is eating lunch at a table in an outdoor plaza with two other characters. Antagonist comes to table. Protagonist and antagonist move to another table just out of earshot of the two characters at the table. I now have two conversations occurring at two tables in the same plaza. Am I intercutting? Using mini headers? If it's the latter, how do I now say TABLE 1 and TABLE 2? And do I need action under each mini header before I go into dialog?

Thanks!
Posted by: LC, July 1st, 2022, 3:00am; Reply: 10

Quoted from ero
I'd like to piggyback onto this question.

Protagonist is eating lunch at a table in an outdoor plaza with two other characters. Antagonist comes to table. Protagonist and antagonist move to another table just out of earshot of the two characters at the table. I now have two conversations occurring at two tables in the same plaza. Am I intercutting? Using mini headers? If it's the latter, how do I now say TABLE 1 and TABLE 2? And do I need action under each mini header before I go into dialog?

Thanks!

Welcome, Ero.
I think Matthew covered the answer to your question. See above on this same thread.
Use Mini slugs, just make sure your Master scene header is clear.
You could also look here at my script Simpatico. Some say I broke the rules but the general consensus was that it's pretty clear for camera setups. I did use some Intercutting as well.

https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1421190032/



Posted by: ero, July 1st, 2022, 8:22am; Reply: 11
Thanks LC!
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