This document provides guidelines for formatting a scene in a screenplay, including headings for location and time, identifying characters in capital letters for their first appearance, using action blocks to describe events, labeling character names above dialogue, and using "more" and "continued" to show continued speech while indenting dialogue and including page numbers.

1. Scene Heading
A one-line describing
the location and time
of day of a scene.
Character’s First
Appearance
The character’s name
always appears in
CAPITAL letters.
Example: LOGAN.
Action
The narrative
description of the
events of a scene.
Character
A characters name
should always appear
above their dialogue.
Mores and
Continueds
Use mores and
continueds to show
the same character
speaking.
Dialogue
Line of speech for
each character.

2. Located 0.5” from
the top flush right.
Page Number