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manifestlynot 
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 Topic: Format question - cut to blackPosted: 24 Feb 2019 at 7:01pm |
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I want my screenplay to end abruptly. Should I have my final line of action, then CUT TO BLACK, and then FADE OUT. on the right side? It seems redundant.
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cheezopath
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Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 7:28pm |
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just cut to black to the right side
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Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 7:35pm |
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Don't put anything. There's nothing more abrupt that it just simply ending.
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 8:43am |
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I hate resurrecting a dead topic (which usually signifies the beginning of a bad movie), but if I want a scene to end abruptly is it still CUT TO BLACK? The current plan is to have a short scene after the cut, but this scene needs to end hard.
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 11:17am |
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if you're cutting to another scene in a hard way, this is one of those rare times to actually use CUT TO:
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 11:49am |
I was envisioning a moment of black screen; maybe as much as a second. It's an alternate way of indicating something you really don't want to see. After the second is over just fade into another scene.
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 12:09pm |
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oh right! yeah CUT TO BLACK. maybe put a line of action (or not) then FADE TO:
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 12:10pm |
Awesome! Thanks Cheezo!
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 12:11pm |
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Sorry, but this is not a shooting script. The director/producer will make these decisions.
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Posted: 15 Apr 2019 at 12:25pm |
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if it specifically matters to the story you should do it, but yeah, generally territory to avoid unless there's a good reason
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