British Comedy Guide

When to "mix to" and when to "cut to" ?

Could somebody please clear up when you use mix to at the end of a sitcom scene instead of cut to? :$

This should be in Writers Discussion, moving it... oh wait :P

CUT TO:

Only use this when you really have to, that's my way anyway. If you need a quick CUT TO: for comic effect, otherwise I don't really bother.

MIX TO:

I don't use this? Sorry can't help you there.

Moving to the correct forum.

Thanks. So Leevil at the end of a scene you don't have to write cut to: you can stop and then start the next scene on the next page?

I'm not 100% sure. But I'd say so yes.

INT. LOCATION - TIME

The Scene Heading is enough to tell us it's a new scene.

When a scene carries over onto the next page, you use continued.

INT. LOCATION - TIME (CONTINUED)

Yes, don't use Cut To: to end a scene. It is taken as writ that an end of scene is a Cut To:

Mix to: I think only appears in the shooting script, along with Smash Cuts / Merge Cuts etc.

Oh I see thanks. I was just looking at the script for the sitcom called Marjorie that is on the BBC get writing website and it seemed to use mix to and cut to interchangeably? and I wasn't sure why.

I'll leave all that lot out of my script then cheers.

Cut to is just a standard cut.

Mix, dissolve, merge is . . . well, as it describes.

I use Cut to at the end of scene because it looks neat and bookends it on the page. I've had my work read by lots of people, and no comment has been passed on the layout, so I would guess the way I set it out is correct. So using Cut to isn't going to lose you any marks.

Don't fret about little things like that, you'll go mad.

Unless you truly mess up the layout, or write the script on your face, you'll be able to get it read.

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