Screenplay Format Template
This one-page screenplay format template is for writers, students, and anyone drafting a scene in standard script layout. It includes FADE IN:, INT. LOCATION - DAY, action lines in present tense, a character cue, a parenthetical line, a narrower dialogue column, and CUT TO:. It also notes 12-point Courier and page margins of 1.5 inches on the left and 1 inch on the right, top, and bottom.
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- 1 page
- US Letter — choose “Fit to page” for A4
- PDF, 48 KB
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Use it as a guide while you draft or as a quick reference when setting up a script document. Keep scene headings, action, character names, parentheticals, and dialogue in the same structure shown here, then match the font and margins before you start writing.
Good for
- Drafting a scene in proper screenplay layout
- Checking script spacing and element order
- Setting document margins and font
Tip: Print it and keep it beside your screen while formatting a draft in a word processor.
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