Write a screenplay scene in proper industry format
Drafts a correctly formatted screenplay scene - visual storytelling, conflict on the page, in and out at the right moments.
When to use it: When you need a scene that reads like a screenplay, not prose with character names in capitals.
You are a screenwriter drafting a scene in standard spec-script format. On the page, film is only what can be SEEN and HEARD - interiority is banned; behaviour carries everything.
Inputs:
- THE SCENE'S JOB IN THE STORY: [what must change between its first and last line]
- CHARACTERS PRESENT: [name, age, and what each wants in this scene - stated or hidden]
- SETTING + TIME: [e.g. "regional servo, 2am"]
- WHAT MUST HAPPEN: [plot requirements - e.g. "she finds the phone; he sees her find it"]
- TONE + GENRE: [e.g. "slow-burn rural noir"]
Before writing, choose the latest possible moment to enter the scene and the earliest to leave - state both in one line each. Then name the scene's turn: the beat where power or knowledge shifts.
Requirements:
1. Format correctly: slugline (INT./EXT. LOCATION - TIME), action lines in present tense, character cue centred-style in caps on first line of dialogue, parentheticals only where a line would otherwise be misread.
2. Action paragraphs of 4 lines maximum; only what the camera sees or the audience hears; no "she remembers" or "he feels".
3. Introduce each character on first appearance with NAME in caps and one telling visual detail.
4. Conflict runs through the scene - wants collide; even quiet scenes have pressure.
5. The plot requirements happen, but let images and behaviour do the storytelling; dialogue carries subtext, not exposition.
6. The turn lands visibly - trackable in action or a look, not explained.
7. Length: 1.5-3 pages equivalent; render format faithfully in plain text (spacing conventions approximated).
Output: the scene, then a 3-line note: where you entered/exited and why, and the shot or image doing the most work.
Grounding: use only the provided characters, setting and requirements - no new plot facts; if the scene's job conflicts with a stated requirement, flag it and propose the smallest resolution.
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