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So, recapping –

These are all the Files in the Screenplay –

0-0. Cover Letter

0-1. Synopsis

0-2. General

0-3. Title Page

0-4. Script

1. Scene Tags

2. Scenes

3. Scenes / Locations

4. Locations / Scenes

5. Locations

6. Map of Locations

7. Montages

8. Lifts

9. Characters

10. Scene Timeline

11. Partial WW2 Timeline

The Files –

0-3. Title Page

11. Partial WW2 Timeline

have been outlined in the previous blog posts.

Now it is time to wrap up the whole Screenplay.

1. THE END

In most of the Files, especially the Script and those with long lists,

I have entered in, the words –

THE END

a Few Lines Down from The End of the List, etc.,

to make clear that there is no more material to work on.

So, avoiding any confusion or delay in working with such a large amount of informatiion.

2. THE GENERAL FILE

- OPEN the File 0-2-NAME-GENERAL

- I have used a HEADING with NO NUMBER

This is because this File is more of a conversational type,

in the group of Files that form an Overview of the Screenplay,

before the Script.

eg.

________________________________________________________________________________

Khaki Town – White Draft – 18 Nov 2019

GENERAL

________________________________________________________________________________

TIMELINE ETC.

If applicable,

- On the 3^rd LINE UNDER the HEADING,

TYPE IN the word, TIMELINE, as a SUB-HEADING

- Under this,

TYPE IN a short explanation of your perspective of the Screenplay Timeline

eg.

________________________________________________________________________________

TIMELINE

Many times, dates and people’s ages in this screenplay are estimates only, to give a sense of flow.

___________________________________________________________________

This would also be a useful place to state any other perspectives taken in the Screenplay,

in separate paragraphs.

For example,

- If it is a Fictitious Story,

That all people and events represented in the story are fictitious,

and in no way represent any real person or event / s.

LENGTH OF SCRIPT

- PRESS ENTER 4 TIMES,

To make 3 SPACE LINES

- TYPE IN –

- the words, LENGTH OF SCRIPT

- the TOTAL NUMBER OF SCRIPT PAGES

eg.

________________________________________________________________________________

LENGTH OF SCRIPT - 486 pages

__________________________________________________________________________________

This is for a handy reference.

LENGTH OF FILM

I have made an estimate of the Length of the Film, to give an idea of what sort of Film, KHAKI TOWN, is. This also gives an idea of How Much Work will be involved in Making the Film.

eg.

________________________________________________________________________________

LENGTH OF FILM

A mathematical estimate.

Scene Length No. Length per scene Total

S 165 15 sec max 41 min 15 sec

M 145 30 sec max 72 min 30 sec

L 165 30 sec min 82 min 30 sec, +

____ ____________________

470 196 min 15 sec, +

____

3 hours 16 min 15 sec, +

___________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

So, you can see that I have used the Scene Lengths,

S, M & L

Which I estimated in the File –

2-KHAKI TOWN-scenes

eg.

___________________________________________________________________

Khaki Town – White Draft – 18 Nov 2019

2. SCENES

Long Book Script

Medium Page Page

Short

1 1964

1 Afternoon L 1 1

- Bobby shakes hands with LBJ

1 1961 – 63, Flashback, S 2 2

Day or night, A couple

of years earlier

- Bobby & Jack having a

Scotch

1 cont’d 2 2

- The Civil Rights Act,

Bundy Rum and

LBJ’s war time mission

2 1961 – 63, Flashback, M 4 4

Day or night,

A couple of years earlier

- Jack says that it was a beat-up

__________________________________________________________________________________

Just recapping, from the previous blog post, “Screenplay Format #10 – Scene List” -

___________________________________________________________________________________

LENGTH OF SCENE

I have estimated the length of each

Scene / Scene Sub-Section / Scene Sub-Sub-Section, as –

S - SMALL 15 seconds or less

M - MEDIUM 15 -30 seconds

L - LARGE 30 seconds or more

I did this by using a stop watch to time each

Scene / Scene Sub-Section / Scene Sub-Sub-Section

as I read it out to myself,

approximating the pace of the real action.

This, I used to estimate the Total Length of Running Time of the Film.

___________________________________________________________________________________

To Make the Length of Film Table (above) –

- IN THE FILE 2-NAME-SCENES

GO DOWN THE LIST AND (USING OTHER MEANS)

- ADD UP HOW MANY SCENES ARE IN EACH SCENE LENGTH CATEGORY

- S (SMALL) No.

- M (MEDIUM) No.

- L (LARGE) No.

- MULTIPY EACH No. by their respective individual SIZE

- S No. x 15 sec = Total Time Length for Small Scenes etc.

- M No. x 30 sec = Total Time Length for Medium Scenes etc.

- L No. x 30 sec (+) = Total Time Length (+ extra) for Large Scenes etc.

- ADD UP EACH of the 3 Total Time Lengths = Total Time Length (+ extra)

for the Film

- IN THE FILE 0-2-NAME-GENERAL

- CONSTRUCT THE TABLE (AS ABOVE)

- TYPE IN THE RELEVANT INFORMATION

Hopefully, this gives a working estimate of how long the Film would end up running for.

This is all that I have included in the File 0-2-NAME-GENERAL

Dochas Books Film

To recap –

For a better Overview of the Whole Story, I constructed 2 Time Lines –

- A Time Line of Scenes,

in Chronological Order of Time

- A Time Line of Major Real World War 2 Events

which were part of the Background to the Story,

in Chronological Order of Time

These helped me to understand and co-ordinate the Story, in a much better way.

They are contained in 2 Files –

10-KHAKI TOWN-Scene Timeline

11-KHAKI TOWN-PARTIAL WW2 TIMELINE

2. PARTIAL WW2 TIMELINE

eg.

Because KHAKI TOWN is based on real world events, I found it useful to construct a Time Line to make clearer, those major relevant World War 2 events that were occurring during the time of the story and in the general geographical area associated with that of the story.

As these events, directly and indirectly influence the story.

To construct a Timeline of this type (Factual or Fictional) -

- Use the Same Technical Methods as for the Scene Time Line.

(Outlined in the previous post, Screenplay Format #22 – Time Lines – Part 1)

However, in this case, proceed as follows -

- Construct the Centreline

- Type in the Start Time and End Time,

Along the Left of the Centreline

eg. Start, Time - 7 Dec (1941)

End Time - 30 July (1942)

- Calibrate the Centreline,

Between these two Points in Time

in evenly spaced increments coordinated with Time

eg. One Page Line equals One Week

You may have to adjust things a bit

until the Timeframe is evenly spaced down the Page / s

- For each Event,

Type in on the Left side of the Centreline –

- The Date of the Event

(Factual or Fictional)

Type in on the Right side of the Centreline –

- The Name of the Event or a Short Description of the Event

(Factual or Fictional)

- Type in further to the Left side of the Centreline –

- The beginning of Each Year, if applicable

- For each Major Event or Group of Events,

Place a Cross-member on the Timeline

At the corresponding Point in Time

- You may have to adjust things again,

Until the Timeline is how you want it

- Type in, if not already, the Heading for the Timeline

eg.

When all is correct -

This is the File 11-NAME-Background Events Timeline

complete.

Dochas Books Film

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Catalogue of Posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Screenplay Format # 24 - GENERAL

Friday, September 30, 2022

Screenplay Format #23 - Time Lines - Part 2