Telephone Conversation

[okaybrass]

Hey there. I was trying to write in a scene where two characters were talking to each other on the phone while cutting back and forth to each character. How am I supposed to write this? I read one script where it said:


Int. Ted's House -- Day

Ted is on the phone with Leroy. Cross cut back and forth between the two.


Just wondering if this was all you had to do, or if you actually had to write out all of the cuts to's individually.

-Thanks!

[dpaterso]

The usual instruction is INTERCUT which appears after the two scenes have been established, e.g.

INT. TED'S HOUSE - DAY

Ted picks up the phone and punches a number.

TED
(into phone)
Hi darling, it's me.

INT. EDDIE'S HOUSE - DAY

Eddie's dining with his WIFE. She glares at him.

EDDIE
(into phone)
Hello, how nice to hear from you!
Listen, I'm in the middle of
something right now--

INTERCUT

TED
I love you. I just had to tell you.

EDDIE
Yes, tomorrow morning at my office
would be fine. Say around ten?

TED
I can't wait that long.

EDDIE
Great, I'll see you then.

TED
Love you love you love you.

INTERCUT ends. Stay with Eddie.

Eddie hangs up and smiles.

EDDIE
I swear, I don't know how these people
get my home number.

WIFE
Maybe they found it in your sock drawer.

etc.

-Derek
Derek's Web Page - stories, screenplays, novels, insanity. (http://hometown.aol.co.uk/DPaterson57/scripts.htm)

[zagoraz]

So does Eddie end up leaving his wife for Ted? I'm intrigued. :ROFL: