Asian, European, American and Australian script layouts all vary slightly, so you need to use a script layout specific to the region in which you intend to sell your script. Features, television series and serials, telemovies, documentaries, TVCs and television format shows such as game shows, all have different types of script layout. You can download helpful PDFs at the bottom of this page.
Use the following websites, library databases and search engines to access examples:
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) library database: library.aftrs.edu.au
Offers a number of publication titles that contain script layouts, find them by entering screenplay format in the search engine.
CineMedia: afi.cinemedia.org
Offers a comprehensive set of links to sites and resources devoted to screenwriting. Navigate to them from the Categories section by clicking on Production, then Screenwriting.
Film Victoria: www.film.vic.gov.au/programs/index.shtml
Offers a detailed Drama Script Format Guidelines as well as a Sample Script Layout.
Final Draft: www.finaldraft.com
A US scriptwriting software package that can be adjusted to Australian script layout. Final Draft courses in
Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney are offered via the Australian Writers' Guild.
The Raindance website: www.raindance.co.uk/IndieTips.php?tip=79
Offers a downloadable guide for script layout of English features.
Screenplay.com: screenplay.com.au/index.htm
The Australian distributor of a variety of professional screenwriting software packages.
ScreenStyle.com: www.screenstyle.com/software.html
Publishes a comprehensive set of links to screenwriting software packages.
TV Formats: www.TVformats.com/formatsexplained.htm
Offers information and advice, as well as a television format show layout. For additional examples use Google or Vivisimo and enter various combinations of the words screenwriting or screenplay or script + layout + format + nation, eg Australia. |
