How to Read Wren's Scripts

This is basically a style guide to explain how I set up my scripts and how to read them. They're mostly written as if they're comic or anime scripts in particular. Different people have different ways of setting up their scripts, so I figured it would be a good idea to give people a reference for my own script style.

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Page #/Scene #

(This is used to separate pages for comic scripts, or scenes in general scripts)

/// (These are used to separate panels for comic scripts. For more general scripts, each panel represents a different "camera angle" so to speak.)

That being said, I'm also trying something out with my new scripts! And even editing some of the old ones. Essentially, using three horizontal rules to indicate a page/scene change:

And then just one horizontal rule for a panel change in a comic script or a camera angle change in a general script

(Parentheses are used for descriptions of scenes, usually from panel to panel or different camera angles)

*If there's a panel change caused by a character action/change instead of a change in the view, I use asterisks to indicate such. That is, the view/scene is the same, the characters just moved/changed their pose in the 'same' panel. Same idea with general scripts, with () establishing a camera angle and what the character is doing, and ** for the character changing what they're doing with the same camera angle*

Character Name: Use this to indicate talking. Each line of dialogue would (ideally) be its own speech bubble.

Character Name: *Use this to indicate what pose or what they're doing while talking* More talking. This would be its own bubble, separate from the previous line.

Character Name: *thinking* The character is thinking...

Character Name: ... and unless the character's next piece of dialog in the same panel has a different action indicator, assume they are still doing/feeling/etc. what they were in the last bit of dialog (in this example, still thinking).

When a character is said to be "facing" left or right, it means the character is facing left/right in a 3/4 profile. So then it's basically halfway between looking at them head on and looking at them from the side in a full profile.

A scene ends with (Fade away), (End scene) or something similar at the end of a page/scene. So then the next scene will start in a new location. If the whole chapter is ending, it will usually be written as (End of chapter, fade away here) or just (End of chapter).

The rest of this is specifically for comic scripts!

[Row #]

(This is used to separate panels by rows. In general I try to separate a page into twos and threes, fours should be for quick in-sequence actions. Anymore than that would be hard to fit on most pages.)

(Full-width panel: This is used to indicate if a panel is the full width of a row of the page, so it would also be the only panel in that row; usually for setting up a scene or observing what else is happening while other characters talk)

(1/2 page panel: Used for panels that take up half of the page, usually where the panel is big but there's still two rows of panels below/above it, great for introduction shots of new scenery/settings)

(3/4 page panel: Used for panels that take up most but not all of the page, not necessarily a full 3/4, usually when there's still one row of panels below/above, great for dramatic moments and reveals)

(Full page panel: This is where the whole page is one panel, I think this is usually best for big action shots or dramatic endings)