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Any guide on how to read a screenplay? Something that explains the 3a 3b etc on the right

• BMc2020 4y ago
  I don't know, but I would think getting a screenplay to a good movie and reading along with it while watching it would be a start. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.
• crazygringo 4y ago
  Numbers on the right are production-specific, but you can generally figure out that it's some combination of page number, scene number, and act numbers -- often with new pages inserted without reordering later ones, so 3B sometimes might mean the page between 3 and 4. Asterisks on the right side indicate lines added/changed since the previous revision. Big blank spaces indicate where lines have been taken away. This complicated system is because pages are constantly being replaced/inserted and distributed as they're rewritten, without re-printing the entire script -- not just to save paper, but because people are writing personal notes/highlights/etc. on pages and you don't want to lose those.
  • totetsu 4y ago
    So for Rick and Morty they might be referring to a similarly changing story board document.