Formats

Now you know about my background, and about dramaturgy.
A script needs a special type of format.
Since I'm so not updated in this area, I will only write what I have learned so far.

1) Writing type is this, Courier, 12.
2) On the frontpage stands:
Screenplay (middle section)
Your name
Genre
Remember to write copyright.
3) About copyright, I have heard as long as you type it on the script legally you are secured. This will be hard to convince though, if you can't claim anything else. A good idea is to have sent the script to a lawyer, and make him write you a receipt that he has gotten the script/idea on that exact date.
4) Slugline: Every scene starts with telling where the scene are and what time. This is written in capital letters.
INT = interior (inside). EXT = Exterior (outside).
Example: INT. LIVINGROOM. 1 AM/MIDDAY.
5) Scene description line: Short and precise description of the characters are, who they are, and what they are doing. Only write what is important for the story. Don't write what they are wearing, unless it's important for the story.
6) Dialouges needs to be in the middle of the page, and the name of the person who speaks is in capital letter.
Example:

MICHAEL

Where are you?

I can't see you.

JOANNA (OS)

Behind the curtain.

NARRATOR (VO)

But Michael, still couldn't find her.

7) There is a lot of words and abbreviations, which I later will try to make a list over. Here is only the two above:

OS = Off Screen, since Joanna is behind the curtain, she's invisible to the camera and to the viewer, but you can still hear her voice.

VO = Voice Over, you can hear the voice, but you can't see the narrator.

8) Subplot: Usually not longer than 3 pages/minutes per subplot.

There needs to be subplots, which is little individually stories that runs parallel to the main story plot. If the main plot is for the police officer to find the murder, a subplot could be that his wife wants to leave him, cause he's never at home.

9) 1 page is about 1 minute in film.

The script therefor needs to be about 90-120 minutes/pages long.

10) No "she said", og "he felt".