# Sides > Excerpt pages of a script prepared for a specific day, audition, or work session — usually only the scenes and lines the actors or crew need, not the full book. Also known as actor sides, audition sides ## In practice Sides exist to focus attention. Audition sides give casting a short packet so performers prep the right scenes without a full screenplay NDA circus when possible. On set, daily sides package the pages scheduled that day so cast and department heads are not flipping a full locked script for one hallway scene before lunch. Good sides preserve scene numbers, page numbers, and character cues from the current revision so everyone cites the same continuum. If the book is locked, sides must match the color and generation in force — yesterday's pink cut is how wrong lines reach camera. Include enough action for sense; strip unrelated scenes that only add weight. Writers preparing audition packets should pick scenes that show range and relationship, not only speeches. Mark clearly if sides are sides (excerpts) rather than a full sample. Production coordinators generate sides from the locked shooting script; writers entering prep should ask which revision color sides will pull from before they hand-annotate a personal copy. ## Try it in a free tool - [Free screenplay rehearsal sides builder](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/rehearsal-sides-builder): Create actor-ready rehearsal sides from Fountain: filter by character, select exact scenes, include directions, or mask the role's lines for cue practice. ## Common questions ### Are sides the same as a full script PDF? No. Sides are excerpts — selected pages or scenes for an audition or shoot day — not the entire screenplay continuum. ### Why do sides keep scene numbers? So cast and crew can match the excerpt to the locked script, call sheet, and schedule without guessing which hallway scene they are holding. ### Who creates sides on a production? Usually the production office or AD team from the current locked revision. Writers should confirm which color generation the sides reflect. ### What makes strong audition sides? Short scenes with a clear turn and relationship pressure. Give actors something to play, not only a monologue that explains the plot. ## Related terms - [Locked script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/locked-script): A shooting draft whose page and scene numbers are frozen so every department shares one numbering scheme. After lock, changes become marked revisions instead of silently reshuffling the whole script. - [Call sheet](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/call-sheet): The plan for one shoot day: call times, the location, the scenes and pages being shot, which cast and crew are called and when, and notes such as weather, parking, and safety. - [Shooting script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/shooting-script): The production draft: scene numbers, locks, and revision marks — the document departments schedule and shoot from, not the clean selling draft. - [Scene number](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/scene-number): A scene number identifies a scene in a shooting script. Once numbers are locked, Scene 42 keeps its number so schedules, sides, and crew notes agree. --- Canonical page: