I have a scene in a pilot I'm writing where there is a brief flashback to an incident earlier that morning. I want the bottom of the screen to read just that, "Earlier that morning..."
But short of writing just that, or calling it a 'caption', I wondered if there was a technical term for such a thing, or how it should correctly be incorporated into a script.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
I would have written:
CAPTION: Earlier that morning...
but I could be wrong.
SUPER: early that morning.
* quick edit - I don't know why but I've seen it on a couple of scripts. Probably stands for superimposed or summat.
Quote: jdubya @ January 14 2009, 3:28 PM GMTSUPER: early that morning.
* quick edit - I don't know why but I've seen it on a couple of scripts. Probably stands for superimposed or summat.
Thanks jdubya, you also pre-empted my follow on question about what it stands for. A quick Google didn't help me much. I'm trying to think of a show where I might have seen it, so I can look up the script online...
It does stand for superimpose. You tend to see it mainly in American scripts.
Quote: jdubya @ January 14 2009, 3:28 PM GMTSUPER: early that morning.
What if he was having a bad morning?
Just write what you want in the stage directions.
Quote: Marc P @ January 14 2009, 9:14 PM GMTJust write what you want in the stage directions.
Like a wish?
Only in Peter Pan stage directions.
You little tinker, bell... end. 
I remembered they sometimes do this to announce new locations on Spooks, and having looked at the script on the Beeb's Writersroom, it merely says, "Insert Titles:" in bold, followed by the text describing the location.
Also in an Arrested Development script I've now seen it used with the term "Chyron:"
Oh so very confused now...
Aren't the scripts in the Writer's Room post-production?