Character VO before character intro?

talking to myself · Feb 2, 2012

Hello everyone -

My screenplay opens with a V.O. - the main character is narrating. The VO is labeled with the main character's name.

The main character (narrator) is then introduced in the next scene.

So the way it's written now, when you read the opening of the screenplay, other than a character name, you'll have no idea who is narrating.

Is this OK?

Thanks -

wilsonang · Feb 2, 2012

it has been done many times... it really depends on the opening and the flow of the visual... a good director should be able to pull thru it...

nmstevens · Feb 2, 2012

talking to myself said:
Hello everyone -

My screenplay opens with a V.O. - the main character is narrating. The VO is labeled with the main character's name.

The main character (narrator) is then introduced in the next scene.

So the way it's written now, when you read the opening of the screenplay, other than a character name, you'll have no idea who is narrating.

Is this OK?

Thanks -

This is no more of a problem than it is in the finished film -- when you simply hear a voice over at the beginning -- you don't know who it belongs to until the character actually appears on screen and you realized that the voice you've been hearing belongs to someone who's actually a character in the movie.

Same deal in the screenplay.

NMS

talking to myself · Feb 3, 2012

Cool beans! Thanks -

Character VO before character intro?

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