Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Scenes, beats & screenplay formatting · Specialist

Scene heading

Also called: slugline, slug

ELI5

A screenplay heading identifying interior or exterior, location and time of day.

Used in conversation

“Let’s track the scene heading through the outline before rewriting scenes.”

Pitch context

Use this when explaining how the story works on the page or across the finished screen experience.

Why it matters: Helps describe how a story works on the page and how its dramatic parts fit together.

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