Speaking of human sounds, that brings me to dialogue If you want to be safe, don’t put any sounds in all caps. Just keep in mind if you put one sound in all caps, you must put all sounds in all caps. Now, although it is acceptable, that doesn’t mean that sounds NEED to be in all caps. Those squeals were added during post-production. Their tires were always SQUEALING… even on the dirt roads. An example would be: “The car’s tires SQUEAL as the getaway driver speeds away from the crime scene.” The “squeal” is the sound that the car’s tires make and that sound may need to be added into the film later. It is perfectly acceptable to put sounds in all caps in the action line. In parentheses next to the name, voice indicators such as (V.O.), (O.C.), and (O.S.) will be in all caps, too. In the character line, when you type the character’s name just before you type their dialogue, the name will always be in all caps. At no other time should the character name be put in all capital letters in the action lines. Even then, the character name should only be in all caps once: when the character is first introduced. There is really only one thing that should be in all caps in a spec script, and that is character names. Shooting scripts are more of a production document than they are for reading. Most of what you’ll find online will be shooting scripts. What words should be in all caps in the action lines? This is where spec scripts and shooting scripts differ greatly. I describe exactly what should be in a slugline in a previous blog. In both spec scripts and shooting scripts, sluglines should always be in all caps. Next comes the slugline, or scene heading. You will also see that in a shooting script. In a spec script, the first thing that should always be in all caps, is FADE IN. A spec script has a very limited number of words that should be in all caps. Often times they may appear to be randomly placed. A shooting script will have words in all caps littered throughout the entire script. Today I will talk about what should and should not be put in all capital letters in a SPEC SCRIPT. Last week I briefly touched on a few of the differences between spec scripts and shooting scripts.
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