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scene numbers
locked · ranges · A-prefixes
revision marks
asterisks · color gutters · "since last"
locked pages
A-pages · A12, A12A, B12
title page
full layout · drafts · contact
character extensions
(V.O.) · (O.S.) · (CONT'D)
MORE / CONT'D
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custom styles
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scene properties
INT/EXT · day/night · location DB
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night-tapes.fdx
sha256 · 2c4f…
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OUT · final draft 12
night-tapes.fdx
sha256 · 2c4f…
byte-identical · 0 difftested against fd12.1, fd12.2, fd12.3
+ 0 additions · − 0 deletions · ~ 0 reformats
Revision colors, by the book
WGA color order · auto-paginated · A-page math handled
night-tapes · revision log
white· revision 1
12 mararchived
blue· revision 2
28 mararchived
pink· revision 3
05 aprarchived
yellow· revision 4
14 aprarchived
green· revision 5
24 aprarchived
goldenrod· revision 6
02 mayarchived
buff· revision 7
06 may◀ current
salmon· revision 8
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asterisk style · WGA · 8.5 × 11· rolls over to "double white" at end of cycle
NIGHT TAPES: buff revisions, 06 may 202617.
INT. STUDIO BOOTH - NIGHT*
The reels spin. Marisol leans toward the mic, listening.
MARISOL
You said you'd play it once. It's been*
three nights.*
CALEB
I know what I said. I'm asking.
(beat)
Marisol picks up the cartridge.*
* changed since yellow
locked
scene numbers and pages do not renumber
A-pages
overflow inserts A12, A12A, B12: never shift numbering
since-last
asterisks only mark changes from the prior color
Production PDF
title page · scene reports · what an AD actually opens
title page
NIGHT TAPES
by
Maya Iglesias-Bautista Jonathan Park
Draft 3, Buff Revisions
06 May 2026
Iglesias-Bautista & Park c/o Resonant Field, 312 Berry St. Brooklyn, NY 11211
scene report · scene 17
INT. STUDIO BOOTH - NIGHT
pagep.12 (1 ¾ pages)
runtime~ 1:48
locationSTUDIO BOOTH · interior
castMARISOL · CALEB
day/nightNIGHT
propscartridge tape · headphones
wardrobe(carry from sc.15)
vfx/sfx-
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