Script Research

While writing a script, there are a few things you must remember.

• A SCRIPTS TEXT MUST BE WRITTEN IN A SIZE 12 COURIER FONT.
• SCENE MUST BE SET, BEFORE ANY ACTION. INT/EXT, PLACE, TIME OF DAY.
• FOLLOWED BY A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE ACTION AND STAGE DIRECTIONS.
• CHARACTER HEADER, DIALOGUE/DIRECTIONS

At school when writing scripts we use 'Celtx' to write like a lot of film makers do now too, this software already has everything set up for the screen writer to write up their ideas. This is all the stuff you need, font, headers layout everything you need for a professional looking script. And you can get a free download of it too!

https://www.celtx.com/index.html

Here is an example of how the scripts are laid out from The Wizard of Oz:

As you can see, it ticks all the right boxes of how a script should be. Making it a real quality produced script.