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Friday, April 8, 2022

Screenplay Format #13 - Locations / Scenes List - Part 2

 

CONTINUING to set up the LOCATIONS / SCENES List -
 
 
4.  CHANGE THE ORDER OF SCENES
 
As mentioned before –
 

For ease of filming, all scenes filmed at the same location,

ideally, should be organized in chronological order,

according to –

-  Day No Month YEAR, if factual

-  story timeline, if fictional

           

So –
 
            -  WITHIN EACH GENERAL HEADING BLOCK -
                     -  SELECT,, CUT & PASTE    Scenes
                         to re-organise them into,
                         this new, chronological Time-Line Order
 
eg.
 
___________________________________________________________________________
 
 
                     Val’s Hotel
       2.1.3      Main Bar, Val’s Hotel (INT. DAY or NIGHT,                                       18                    15
                     8 YEARS EARLIER) – 1934

           2.1      Main Bar, Val’s Hotel (INT. DAY) – 1942, Early Mar                          13                    11

       2.1.1      The pavement outside Val’s Hotel (EXT. DAY)                                    13                    12
                     – 1942, Early Mar
                     See book pages 15 – 18, Townsville & Mt Isa areas
              -     The Gaming Room, Val’s Hotel                                                              27                    -
                     See book pages 27 – 28, The Gaming Room
 
___________________________________________________________________________
 
 
 
 
5.  MAJOR LOCATION HEADINGS
 
-  SELECT, COPY & PASTE,   
   EACH General Location Heading, in order,
   WITH the date of their first scene, by –
          For one -

-  SELECT    General Heading

-  Press    CTRL & HOLD

-  Place the Cursor at the beginning of the Date

                     -  PRESS & HOLD    LEFT CLICK

                     -  SWIPE THE CURSOR    along the text of the Date

                        This will SELECT only that text

                     -  UNHOLD CTRL & LEFT CLICK

                     For more than one –

                     -  Continue to    PRESS & HOLD CTRL

                        This will add the next Selected line / text

                     -  Repeat as above

               and place them at the beginning of the file,
               UNDER    the    FILE HEADING,
               ABOVE    the    Page Headings   
     in what will become the CONTENTS
 
 
eg.
 
Val’s Hotel
– 1934

Townsville Railway Station
- 1942, Late Feb

An Outback Pub

– 1924 - 1934

The Francis Home

– 1940, Early Mar

 
            -  BACKSPACE    the Dates
            -  REMOVE    the Underlines
 
Then the list should look something like this -
 
eg.
 
Val’s Hotel       – 1934
Townsville Railway Station - 1942, Late Feb
An Outback Pub – 1924 - 1934
The Francis Home – 1940, Early Mar

 
-  Group these, in the same order, under Major Location Headings
 
eg.
 
TOWNSVILLE
Val’s Hotel – 1934
Townsville Railway Station - 1942, Late Feb
The Francis Home – 1940, Early Mar

 
OUTBACK
An Outback Pub – 1924 - 1934
 
 
 
MAJOR LOCATION PERSPECTIVE
 
I took the perspective, of Townsville being the central location,
so that other Major Locations were related by how far away they were from Townsville.
 
And then, I organised the Major Locations from furtherest away to nearest -
 
So –    
-  Determine your own Major Location perspective
-  Re-organise the Major Location Blocks, in that order
 
 
eg.
 
OUTBACK
An Outback Pub – 1924 - 1934
 
TOWNSVILLE
Val’s Hotel – 1934
Townsville Railway Station - 1942, Late Feb
The Francis Home – 1940, Early Mar

 
 
6.  COUNTRY LOCATIONS
 
-  Group the Major Locations under Country Location Headings,
   if necessary
               
   I have used the Townsville perspective in the order of these also
 
 
eg.
 
AUSTRALIA & REGION
 
OUTBACK
An Outback Pub – 1924 - 1934
 
TOWNSVILLE
Val’s Hotel – 1934
Townsville Railway Station - 1942, Late Feb
The Francis Home – 1940, Early Mar

 
 
 
7.  ORDER OF GENERAL HEADINGS
 
Time Based Chronology -
 
As well, for ease of understanding and filming -

         

                        -  UNDER each Major Location Heading,
                           SELECT, CUT & PASTE   the General Location Headings,

                           into chronological order,

                           according to –

-  Day No Month YEAR, if factual

-  story timeline, if fictional

-  Use the date / time-frame

   that you have tagged onto the

   General Location Heading

                         
                         
                          eg.
 
AUSTRALIA & REGION
 
OUTBACK
An Outback Pub – 1924 - 1934
 
TOWNSVILLE
Val’s Hotel – 1934
The Francis Home – 1940, Early Mar
Townsville Railway Station - 1942, Late Feb

                          

                             

                                    -  REMOVE    the dates
                         
                          eg.
 
 
AUSTRALIA & REGION
 
OUTBACK
An Outback Pub
 
TOWNSVILLE
Val’s Hotel
The Francis Home
Townsville Railway Station
 
                         
                          Effectively then, General Locations are organized 

                         

                        -  WITHIN THEIR MAJOR LOCATION

 IN ORDER OF

                           FIRST APPEARANCE    in    TIME

                         
                                                     
                          8.  NUMBER THE GENERAL LOCATIONS
 

                                   -  Number all the General Locations,

                                       from beginning to end,

                                       starting with    1

                         
                         
                          9.  CONTENTS HEADING
                         
                                    -  Type in the Contents Heading
 
           
eg.
 
___________________________________________________________________________
 
 
 
 
 
USA
 
1.    Fancy Supper Club, New York
2.    Elliston Plantation
 3.    The Oval Office
 
AUSTRALIA & REGION
 
CAIRNS REGION
4.    Cairns Region
 
PALM ISLAND
5.    Palm Island Mission
 
OUTBACK
6.    Another Bar
 
SYDNEY
7.    Victoria Barracks, Sydney
 
BRISBANE
8.    SS Santa Clara
 
TOWNSVILLE
9.    Townsville, Australia and Beyond
10.  Hayden House
11.  Cootharinga / Castle Hill & Creek
12.  Val’s Hotel
13.  Rose Bay & Edie’s Boatshed/s
14.  Local Lands & Title Office
15.  Local Council Office
16.  The Francis Home
17.  Mrs Bolton’s Tea Rooms
18.  The Roxy Picture Theatre
19.  The Strand
20.  Townsville Railway Station
21.  Theatre Royal
22.  The Townsville Bulletin
23.  Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) Hall
24.  Christian Brothers School
25.  The Parslow Farm
26.  Ford Street
27.  Garbutt Airfield
28.  Road to town (CBD) from Garbutt
        Airfield
29.  Farrington Farms Camp
30.  Creek near Val’s Hotel
31.  Blue Light Outlet
32.  Magnetic Island
33.  American Officers’ Club / Queen’s
        Hotel
34.  Tony’s Shop
35.  Jezzine Barracks / Kissing Point Fort
36.  Road to Town from Kelso Field Camp
37.  Kelso Field Camp
38.  Police Station
39.  Mount Louisa
40.  Militia Unit, Far North Queensland
        Regiment
41.  Road from Mount Louisa towards
        Ross River Road,
        Ross River Road / Kelso Field Road
        junction
        Kelso Field Road towards Ross River
        Road
42.  Ross River Road, near Corbeth’s
        Waterhole
43.  Mitchell Street, Townsville
44.  Kelso Field Road
45.  The Hodgeman Farm
46.  The Wicks Farm
47.  Railway Level Crossing, Saunders
        Street, Townsville
48.  Stockade (Duckworth St)
49.  Victoria Bridge
50.  Seaview Hotel
___________________________________________________________________________
 


(c) Katherine Stuart 2022
Dochas Books Film


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