How do I read a video script?

• Scene

Also called a slugline it tells you when and where the scene is set in 3 parts:

1) The first part tells you if the scene is set inside (interior/INT.) outside (exterior/EXT.) 2) The second part tells you the location of the scene 3) The third part refers to the time of the scene

EXT. FROZEN RIVER AND HILL – DAY – 1919

• Action

This is a descriptor of what’s happening in the scene.

• Character

The character is simple enough, it tells you who is speaking.

• Parenthetical

A parenthetical is a description that appears below the name of a character and before their dialogue. It gives the actor the context of who they are speaking to or describes the way they are speaking.

• Dialogue

The dialogue tells you what the character says in the scene.

Those are the five key elements of an AV or 2 column script:

1. Scene

2. Action

3. Character

4. Parenthetical

5. Dialogue

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