COLD OPEN FADE IN: INT. NEWSROOM - KITCHEN - NIGHT A half-hour single-camera comedy is laid out like a film. It often opens with a cold open of a page or two before the titles. SAM OKAFOR (25) microwaves a fish curry. Every head in the newsroom turns. NORA (O.S.) Whoever that is, you have ten seconds. END OF COLD OPEN ACT ONE FADE IN: INT. NEWSROOM - NIGHT Then two or three acts, each on a new page. The whole script runs about thirty to thirty-five pages. SAM It's my grandmother's recipe. NORA Then your grandmother can eat it outside. FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE ACT TWO FADE IN: EXT. NEWSPAPER ROOF - NIGHT Sam eats on the roof, alone, in the rain. The second act is where the episode's B story usually catches up with the A story. FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO TAG FADE IN: INT. NEWSROOM - KITCHEN - DAWN A tag is a short scene after the last act, often one more joke. Nora, alone, microwaves the leftover curry and closes the door very quietly. FADE OUT. THE END SERIES TITLE "Episode Title" Written by Your Name Your Name your@email.com Your phone number