If you’re a writer and you’re not a little verbose, I’d be surprised. Although, to be honest, I’m probably burning more words than I should be. I want you to be able to read these tutorials and get going. I’m not going to bog you down in unnecessary complications on this journey. See how simple this is so far? That’s what we’re going for. A FIELD or something – then you’ve got this one nailed. match up with your location – you know, you’re not writing INT. A warehouse, a dog track, a church, a park, a house, even a particular room of said house. This part, again, is very straightforward. The second part of the slugline is the location itself. The difference between the two should be fairly self-explanatory an interior location is one that takes place inside a building, while an exterior location is outside. – the shorthand makes for a much easier read which, ultimately is always our goal. When we use them in a screenplay, we tend to just abbreviate them to INT. Most of the time, this is going to be one of two options: Interior or Exterior. The first part of the slugline is very simple it tells you what kind of location we’re in.
Yes, we’re going to pick that conversation up in future, too. Actually, come to think of it, most things in screenwriting come in three parts.
Unlike the trails left by actual slugs, the sluglines we use in the language of film are actually completely straightforward and come in three parts. You’re going to be using these things a lot, so let’s get on with it. Seriously, dearest Trainee Writer, this is the big one. So… in this lesson I’m going to be teaching you a little about sluglines – the lines of text which tell us where a particular scene takes place – and action sequences which, frankly, covers just about everything else you see on the screen that isn’t dialogue. Be honest when you saw the word ‘sluglines’ is this what you imagined in your head? I hope not but, if you did, allow me to suggest that you make a quick pit stop over at part one of this tutorial series? It’ll take you but a moment to read through it, and it’ll give you the intro to the terms we’ll be using throughout the series… which is kinda useful, right?
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