Question on formatting

[ScriptNurse]

Continuity Scripts are a written record of the actual, finished movie. I think they're done mostly for copyright protection. As a screenwriter, you want to see the original or shooting script ... the guide to making the movie ...  not a record of the result after it's all over.

[MphsBlues]

There are lot of continuity scripts around, as well. These are scripts written when the picture goes into release and are filed with the Library of Congress. When I worked in the Story Department at Paramount years ago, there was a whole department that dealt with these scripts. They are far easier to come by than the original spec or shooting scripts.

Thanks, Don.  I'm not sure I get the part about a script being written when the picture goes into release.  Sorry, new world to me...

[MphsBlues]

I like the way Jurassic Park dealt with the problem of feeding information to the reader, and ultimately, the viewer.
I think the script is available at Scriptalooza, but be careful. Don't mistake a shooting script for a spec script. There IS a difference.

Thanks, Lio.  I'll read it and ignore the shot directions etc...  It occurred to me that Titanic dealt with flashbacks and creative ways of getting info across to the viewer, as well. 
Cheers!

[ScriptNurse]

There are lot of continuity scripts around, as well. These are scripts written when the picture goes into release and are filed with the Library of Congress. When I worked in the Story Department at Paramount years ago, there was a whole department that dealt with these scripts. They are far easier to come by than the original spec or shooting scripts.

[LloJo]

I like the way Jurassic Park dealt with the problem of feeding information to the reader, and ultimately, the viewer.
I think the script is available at Scriptalooza, but be careful. Don't mistake a shooting script for a spec script. There IS a difference.

[MphsBlues]

If there's a key piece of information about the boat that the audience needs to know, you might do it in a dialogue between two incidental characters:

EXT. REAR DECK OF LUXURY YATCH - DAY

A small gathering of NEWPORT SNOBS sips champagne.

HARMON WENTZEL

In college, I studied boat design.

FRANK SOLOMON

Really.

HARMON WENTZEL

I wanted to learn every weakness. Well, it helped me get a job at the CIA.

You get the idea.

Thanks, Don!  That's a good idea.  I'll probably need to do that at some point.
Cheers!

[ScriptNurse]

If there's a key piece of information about the boat that the audience needs to know, you might do it in a dialogue between two incidental characters:

EXT. REAR DECK OF LUXURY YATCH - DAY

A small gathering of NEWPORT SNOBS sips champagne.

HARMON WENTZEL

In college, I studied boat design.

FRANK SOLOMON

Really.

HARMON WENTZEL

I wanted to learn every weakness. Well, it helped me get a job at the CIA.

You get the idea.

[MphsBlues]

Hi,
I am Padma . I am not a vetran but still I like to help people .
In fact i am helped by a vetran in this site . I think yu need not
give much of a description just say about the name say Ulysees
or something like that . A short description will do pl dont give vivid description
padma

Thanks, Padma   I kind of figured as much.  I suppose the features of the boat will appear as necessary by the action that takes place.  In this script, it's such an integral part of the story that I thought the spec reader would need to become acquainted with it.  I suppose that if the CAPTAIN gives INVESTORS a tour of the boat, it could be accomplished.  But I don't think I wanna do that in fear of boring a reader or viewer. 

[padnar]

Hi,
I am Padma . I am not a vetran but still I like to help people .
In fact i am helped by a vetran in this site . I think yu need not
give much of a description just say about the name say Ulysees
or something like that . A short description will do pl dont give vivid description
padma

[MphsBlues]

Hello, I am new here and new to screenwriting.  I am 30 pages into my first script and don't want to continue unless I acquaint myself more with fomatting.  I have questions.  Lots of them.  My first is this:
If a location such as BOAT has features that the reader should be acquainted with on the front end, is it ok to describe it in the beginning?  If so, do you do it in ACTION as it happens or would it be ok to just describe the thing so the reader is aware of it?  Major sin?
I went to another forum and asked this and got the most smartass answer imaginable.  Are all screenwriter so snooty that they need to resort to ridicule aspiring screenwriters as they once were?  I'm asking because I don't know.