They are two different screenplay format elements altogether. Sluglines are instances within the scene description where you use CAPS to identify information that you want to call attention to. We'll discuss further possible additions below.
or INT.) and at which LOCATION - and whether or not the reader is to envision daylight or darkness (DAY or NIGHT). Scene headings are the general location headings that detail where we are in the script - outside or inside (EXT. These two terms are often intertwined and incorrectly referenced. So let's go back to the basics once again and clear up the scene heading issue once and for all. Others are written by auteurs that are going to be directing their own work (Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, etc.).Īmidst this formatting divide lies one of the most commonly misformatted elements in a screenplay - the scene heading. Some scripts are written by studio writers under assignment. Screenplays that you find online offer a plethora of different scripts written in different eras by different writers within the context of different production directives (indie productions versus studio productions). It's understandable because the produced screenplays most have read are usually inconsistent in the formatting that is used.
Some screenwriters will scoff at the mention of proper screenwriting format - dismissing it as nothing more than academic nitpicking. Are you formatting your screenwriting scene headings correctly within your script? We're going to explore that question here for this installment of our ongoing Screenwriting Basics series.
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