Would Hell be INT or EXT?

If I had to choose one, I'd say EXT. But if there's an office of some kind there (and I wouldn't doubt there would be), or any kind of building for that matter, you could go with the ever-popular INT./EXT.

I'd use EXT. As many times as I've been told to go there it must be an outdoor location.

Richard

It all depends what hell looks like in you location description.

If it's the traditional fire/lava pit in an endless cavern then it would be an INT. and if it's described as a vast desert wasteland then it's EXT.

What does your hell look like?

or you could go without it and just say HELL - LATER.

This rational is a similar one to SPACE since there is no int. or ext. in space.

Man, just something about this thread title makes me smile.

Just pretend it is on earth (not so difficult a stretch, actually).

If the place that you envision would be exterior on earth, it is EXT. in hell. If it would be interior on earth, it is INT. in hell.

Cybernaught said:

Man, just something about this thread title makes me smile.

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My hell is EXT. Down....below....smells and all.

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Excellent idea, JComp! Seriously.

Joe Calabrese said:

or you could go without it and just say HELL - LATER.

This rational is a similar one to SPACE since there is no int. or ext. in space.

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This is what I would recommend

In The Truman Show, was every scene INT?

loquax said:

In The Truman Show, was every scene INT?

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Good question.

Jcomp said:

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My thoughts exactly!

loquax said:

In The Truman Show, was every scene INT?

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No. http://sfy.ru/sfy.html?script=truman_show

And I don't think every scene in Hell would be INT. or EXT., unless your hell has only one location or set in it.

What about NIGHT and DAY?

gophergrrrl said:

I just don't feel right formatting it as either one! Weird, but I'm confused about this.

My character is being beaten to death, and his mind is in Hell, but I don't know how to set up the slugline for it.

Any help from my fabulous fellow writers would be appreciated.

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Try something like the following.

Joe's face is a pulp. Still standing, another right to his eye.

DREAM SEQUENCE

EXT. FIELD - DAY

Joe crawls on a small patch of land. Red hot lava surrounds him. This is Hell.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

RETURN TO SCENE

I vote INT. Hades is traditionally described as a cave or cavern, or a pit descending into the earth spewing fire like a volcano...hmmm
Occasionally it is described as a barren field from which the damned can look up and see heaven, and the righteous can look down smugly upon the tormented. Kind of like the Acela train. (Which by the way would be INT. TRAIN (MOVING) - DAY)
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loquax said:

In The Truman Show, was every scene INT?

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Of course not.

Just think about it.

Hehe! Look up. Is there sky? Ext. A rocky ceiling? Int.

I would personally find a movie that emulates your vision of Hell and see how they handled it. SPAWN would prob be a good one, ummm trying to think. When my head is less fuzzy and I can think more clearly I'll try and come up with more examples of movies that have Hell as a location.

Joe crawls on a small patch of land. Red hot lava surrounds him. This is Hell.

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Why is it always me?

Jcomp said:

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Wouldn't it be both at once yet nothing at all?

Damn these existential questions.

gophergrrrl said:

I just don't feel right formatting it as either one! Weird, but I'm confused about this.

My character is being beaten to death, and his mind is in Hell, but I don't know how to set up the slugline for it.

Any help from my fabulous fellow writers would be appreciated.

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'Would hell be int or ext'??? This is a classic comedy line. It belongs in a Nora Ephron script.