December
16
2009

Writing movie script with narration? please help.?



I has some free time on my hand and decided to write some movie scripts and I got confused how to write one with narration combined with a story. I am talking about the one like Sex and the city. Movie action while the narrator is talking. How can I write someting like that. What is the format like. Please help.

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2 Comments to “Writing movie script with narration? please help.?”

  1. By ladystlight1, December 16, 2009 @ 7:05 am

    I have a friend that does this and this website will definately answer your questions:
    http://www.chicagomediaworks.com/2instructworks/3editing_nar2/3editing_nar2_wordscriptor.html

  2. By Amadeus, December 16, 2009 @ 7:36 am

    This is an example from one of the opening scenes of the movie Casino, which is filled with voice over (V.O) ….. basically you write what you are supposed to see first, then the lines the actor speaks.

    INT. SAN MARINO ITALIAN GROCERY/BACK ROOM, KANSAS CITY –
    NIGHT

    Vignette of MOB BOSSES sitting at a table surrounded by food
    and wine like the gods of Olympus.

    ACE (V.O.)
    …by the only kind of guys that can
    actually get you that kind of money:
    sixty-two million, seven-hundred
    thousand dollars. I don’t know all
    the details.

    NICKY (V.O.)
    Matter of fact…

    INT. BAR, LAS VEGAS – NIGHT

    Vignette of NICKY SANTORO standing at a bar with DOMINICK
    SANTORO, his brother, and FRANK MARINO, his right-hand man.

    NICKY (V.O.)
    …nobody knew all the details, but
    it should’a been perfect. I mean, he
    had me, Nicky Santoro, his best
    friend, watching his ass…

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