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What does SUPER mean?

Tagged: formatting, presentation, screenplay, screenwriting, script, scriptwriting, terms

SUPER means that something is superimposed over the image, usually text.

For example, you may see:

SUPER: The Whitehouse. 7:14pm. Day of the Democratic Primary.

That would mean that this text is displayed over the image when we enter the scene.

This is not the only way to handle on-screen text, though. The links below from John August’s blog have information on other cases and methods.

More from johnaugust.com

  • Formatting text shown on screen
  • Handling IMs in screenplays
  • How to format an on-screen note

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