Monthly Archives: February 2010

There are two uses for INTERCUT. The first is: THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION: Establish the first location, establish the second, and then INTERCUT between them: INT. JOHN BOEHNER HOME- NIGHT Boehner looks on as a TV plays his news conference from earlier in the day. The phone rings, he picks up. INT. JOHN MCCAIN HOME- SAME […]

“Keep your screen direction tight!” “Don’t overwrite!” It’s all well and good to tell you this, but how much screen direction is too much? How many lines? What are the rules? Here’s my own rule of thumb: When your screen direction can’t be covered by a block of Velveeta cheese, it’s too long. Examine every […]