Title: YOUR PILOT TITLE Credit: written by Author: Your Name [[This starter uses a teaser, five acts, and an optional tag. Add, remove, or rename breaks to suit your pilot. Replace the bracketed prompts before sharing.]] > TEASER < INT. [OPENING LOCATION] - NIGHT [Introduce a person in the middle of a specific problem. Give us an image or action that makes the situation clear.] CHARACTER [A line that changes what the other person does next.] [End on a discovery, decision, or unanswered question that carries us into the episode.] > END OF TEASER < === > ACT ONE < INT. [MAIN LOCATION] - DAY [Show what the central character wants today and what stands in the way. Let their first choice set the episode in motion.] CHARACTER [A line that commits them to that choice.] [End the act with a consequence that changes the plan.] > END OF ACT ONE < === > ACT TWO < EXT. [NEW LOCATION] - DAY [The character tries a more difficult approach. Give another character a conflicting goal.] [End with a complication caused by what someone chose to do.] > END OF ACT TWO < === > ACT THREE < INT. [LOCATION] - DAY [A discovery changes the character's understanding of the problem. Show the different action they take because of it.] [End with a decision that makes retreat harder.] > END OF ACT THREE < === > ACT FOUR < INT. [LOCATION] - NIGHT [Bring the cost of the earlier decisions into the scene. Put the immediate goal and a personal relationship in conflict.] [End with a choice that leads directly into the final confrontation.] > END OF ACT FOUR < === > ACT FIVE < EXT. [FINAL LOCATION] - NIGHT [Resolve the episode's immediate problem through the character's actions. Show what that resolution changes for the people who remain.] [Leave a specific source of conflict or unfinished business that can generate another episode.] > END OF ACT FIVE < === > TAG < INT. [LOCATION] - LATER [Optional: a brief consequence, reversal, or final image. Delete this section when the episode ends more effectively with Act Five.] > END OF EPISODE <