Title: YOUR TITLE Credit: Written by Author: Your Name Contact: your.email@example.com (555) 555-5555 FADE IN: EXT. LOCATION - DAY A short line of action that sets the scene. Present tense. What we see and hear. MAIN CHARACTER (30s), introduced in caps with a quick, telling detail, enters. MAIN CHARACTER First line of dialogue. SECOND CHARACTER (quietly) A reply with a parenthetical. MAIN CHARACTER A longer line of dialogue that wraps naturally in the dialogue column. INT. SECOND LOCATION - NIGHT Action continues in a new scene. No CUT TO: needed between ordinary scenes. SECOND CHARACTER (O.S.) Calling from the next room. MAIN CHARACTER (V.O.) Narration over the scene. SMASH CUT TO: INT. THIRD LOCATION - CONTINUOUS A transition used deliberately, for effect. FADE OUT.