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Screenplay craft reference: format, three-act and sequence structure, scene construction, dialogue subtext, A/B/C story weaving, series bibles, and screenplay-specific AI tells. Read by all agents on film, TV, and web-series projects.

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# Screenplay

A screenplay is a document for collaborators, read by people who read hundreds. It must be fast, visual, and impossible to put down on page 10. Novelistic interiority does not exist here; everything the audience learns, they see or hear.

## Structure

- **Three acts by page**: feature 90-120 pages; Act 1 to ~25, Act 2 to ~85, Act 3 to end. One page ≈ one minute.
- **Eight sequences** (two per act in 1 and 3, four in 2), each 12-15 pages with its own mini-arc: status quo → disruption → strategy → complication → crisis → decision → new status quo. Sequences prevent the second-act sag.
- **Beat placement**: inciting incident by page 10-12; first-act turn ~25; midpoint ~55 (a reversal, not an event); low point ~75; third-act turn ~85.
- **TV**: cold open, act breaks at commercial points (4-5 acts for network, 3 for streaming), A/B/C stories per episode, season arc bible with per-episode outlines. Pilot must establish the engine (what generates episodes forever).
- **Web series**: 8-15 pages per episode, hook in the first 30 seconds, cliffhanger every episode.
- **Short**: 5-30 pages, one turn, no subplot.

## Scene