Do you know if you're supposed to bold names when introducing a character?
Screenwriting : Introduction of character by Annette F Hummell
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When first introducing a new character, they must be in ALL CAPS.
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Like Pablo said, the character names are usually all caps. But never seen any script that has the character names in bold. So on the safe side I wouldn't bold. But all caps...yes.
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Hi Annette. To answer your question, no - a character's name needs only to be capitalized when introduced and is traditionally not bolded. Hope this helps.
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Yes Annette; I do know that you ought not bold character names and I know to use bold in the dialog very, very sparsely.
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I echo what others above have said. Also be judicious in your use of bold or italics or underlines throughout the script as well.
I have taken to making bold my scene headings and I add underlines for dialogue items of emphasis (I do overuse this unfortunately) and then all uppercase for in action SOUNDS.