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Comparing the informational video script to a screenplay format

Comparing the informational video script to a screenplay format

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Comparing the informational video script to a screenplay format

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- [Instructor] Chances are that if you're not using dedicated screenplay software to write your scripts, then you're using Word, or Pages, or Google Docs. Word and Google Docs have screenplay templates available, but they're insufficient in different ways when it comes to an informational video script. I'll be showing you how to create templates in those applications as well as in Apple Pages. There are some fundamental differences between screenplays and informational video scripts, and in this movie I'll show you what those are. Here's the first page of a screenplay I wrote several years ago. I'm showing it to you for two reasons. One, I own it; and secondly, it has all five of the screenplay elements on one page. It starts at the top with the slug where you see the exterior abandoned oil well day. That's called the slug or the scene heading. It's very important, and it's used in planning the production. The action paragraph describes what's going on in the scene. The character name…

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