Question about formatting. Say a character is being interviewed by a cop. She begins to speak, but as she speaks, we cut away to the actual action that she is narrating. So her narration and the action are happening concurrently. How do you format that? Anyone have a script I can reference? I appreciate the help!
Screenwriting : Dialogue/Action by Christian Conte
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I would cut to the action and use Voice Over when showing the action.
Dan's got it but your question is how to write it. You have a master scene, the cop speaks, the woman starts to speak...INSERT a sub scene in which the woman continues to speak V.O. Then; BACK TO SCENE. It's formatted like a flashback except that it's a current event. Any way, that's how I'd structure it - hope it helps.
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Do you know of any scripts I can get online that show that technique?
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I can't think of one off-hand but when it comes to basic format issues you can't go wrong reading The Screenwriter's Bible by Dave Trottier; (he's known as Dr. Format and an all round nice guy.)
'The Usual Suspects' uses V.O. (Verbal Kint/Kevin Spacey) regularly to describe action scenes/flashbacks: http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/usualsuspects.html
Like Kelly said 'Usual Suspects' would be a great one to look at.
https://www.amazon.com/Screenwriters-Bible-6th-Complete-Formatting/dp/19...
Thanks everyone!