Screenplay format question

[AaronB]

In writing a screenplay for a feature film, what's the accepted format for putting a few lines of text on the screen?

[maestrowork]

SUPER: New Orleans, 1921

[AaronB]

Does the word "SUPER" appear flush left, then?

[Hamboogul]

You can do

SUPER: Blah Blah Blah

or

INSERT TITLE: Blah Blah Blah

or

ON SCREEN, "Blah Blah Blah" appears.

There's no real rule for this. Just do one you like best.

[dpaterso]

Going by what I've read and what I've been told...

SUPER means SUPERIMPOSE which means write text over the current scene.

SUBTITLE is the same except write the text at the bottom of the screen so you don't obscure what's showing.

TITLE means write the text on black background.

All are left-justified action elements in caps.

Just in case you're not sure, when writing foreign dialogue you don't have to worry about the translation or writing the subtitles, just note the language in parentheticals, e.g.

IVAN
(in Russian)
I hate cops.

-Derek
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