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Hello there. What we need to know is: in ACTIONS when describing a scene, must all the details of props that will be used be in the initial block or – to be specific – can we say A STACK OF 10 X 8 GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPHS and then later in the script, when they are needed, actually say what the photographs are of?

Quote: Norton&Wright @ April 23 2008, 9:40 AM BST

Hello there. What we need to know is: in ACTIONS when describing a scene, must all the details of props that will be used be in the initial block or – to be specific – can we say A STACK OF 10 X 8 GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPHS and then later in the script, when they are needed, actually say what the photographs are of?

Just say they are photographs at first, then later say what's on them.

Think of the script as one entity, where everything is taken into account.

How very zen.

Cool. Thanks for your help. That's good to know.

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