Intercuts..

[FLM]

Problem solved. V.O fixed it.
Just had to think about it. 

[FLM]

Yep...that's the one.
Ahh...spaces is what I may have done.
I used the format off the top stickie post but for some reason it didn't appear as "script".
I'll give it another try.

[ScriptNurse]

By "script code" do you mean the formatting here on the forum? Here's the code (so you can see it, I added spaces around the brackets:


[ myscript ]
[ scene ]INTERCUT PHONE CONVERSATION - JOE'S BEDROOM / MARY'S BEDROOM[ /scene ]
[ char ]JOE[ /char ]
[ dialogue ]Did I wake you?[ /dialogue ]
[ char ]MARY[ /char ]
[ dialogue ]That's all right.[ /dialogue ]
[ /myscript ]
Sometimes you can do this more efficiently within the context of the story this way:

[ myscript ]
[ scene ]INT. JOE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT[ /scene ]
[ action ]Joe dials a number.[ /action ]
[ scene ]INT. MARY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT[ /scene ]
[ action ]She answers the phone.[ /action ]
[ scene ]INTERCUT[ /scene ]
[ /myscript ]

[FLM]

Thanks for the reply.
Think Oceans Eleven when they are going over the plan. Or just about any caper picture for that matter.
Danny Ocean explains the crime as it will happen while action shows them going thru the paces, cutting back and foth between his gang training and what he is saying to them.
Strangers on a Train is a great example. Never thought of that.
I guess it is a format question really. I understand intercut and when to use BUT I'm not sure if it applies to this situation.
And I couldn't get the script code to work. Not sure what I did wrong.
Does it show it properly formatted in preview?

[ScriptNurse]

INTERCUT: This is often used when showing two or more characters interacting from two separate locations.  A telephone call is the most obvious use, but it is also quite handy for parallel action such as the opening of Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train.

An excellent example is from Charles Deemers' PRACTICAL SCREENWRITING (did I mention you should buy this book?):

If we hear and see both parties:

INTERCUT PHONE CONVERSATION - JOE'S BEDROOM / MARY'S BEDROOM

JOE

Did I wake you?

MARY

That's all right.

Sometimes you can do this more efficiently within the context of the story this way:

INT. JOE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Joe dials a number.

INT. MARY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

She answers the phone.

INTERCUT

[and the conversation as before]

[FLM]

So I have this scene where my hero is as low as he can get.
His love interest and his best pal are talking about him.
What I need to do is have the hero scene intercut with the pal/love interest scene BUT with only the pal's
voice over the hero's scene.
I don't want to jump back and forth from INT. to EXT. as the two scenes play out.
Make sense?
I'll post a sample when I get it into the script code.
thanks in advance.