title-page

Apply this skill when:

• Creating new screenplays
• Setting up title page metadata
• Updating screenplay information
• Preparing scripts for submission

Fountain Title Page Syntax

Key-value pairs at the very beginning of the document:

```fountain

Title:

Seoul Identity

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham

Draft date: December 27, 2025

Contact:

scott@wordstofilmby.com

(555) 123-4567

```

Standard Keys

| Key | Purpose | Required |

|-----|---------|----------|

| Title | Screenplay title | Yes |

| Credit | Credit type | Yes |

| Author | Writer name(s) | Yes |

| Source | Source material | If adapted |

| Draft date | Current draft date | Recommended |

| Contact | Contact information | Yes |

| Copyright | Copyright notice | Optional |

| Notes | Additional notes | Optional |

Multi-Line Values

Indent continuation lines:

```fountain

Title:

**The Long and Winding

Road to Nowhere**

Contact:

Jane Smith

jane@email.com

(555) 123-4567

123 Main Street

Los Angeles, CA 90001

```

Formatting in Titles

```fountain

Title:

Bold Title

_Underlined Subtitle_

Italic tagline

```

Single Writer

```fountain

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham

```

Writing Team (Collaborators)

```fountain

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham & Jane Smith

```

Note: & indicates a writing team who wrote together.

Multiple Writers (Sequential)

```fountain

Credit: Screenplay by

Author: Scott Graham and Jane Smith

```

Note: and indicates writers who worked separately.

Adapted Work

```fountain

Credit: Screenplay by

Author: Scott Graham

Source: Based on the novel by Jane Smith

```

Multiple Credits

```fountain

Credit: Screenplay by

Author: Scott Graham

Credit: Story by

Author: Jane Smith & John Doe

```

Spec Script Title Page

```fountain

Title:

SEOUL IDENTITY

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham

Contact:

scott@wordstofilmby.com

```

Do NOT include on spec scripts:

• Draft numbers
• WGA registration numbers (prominently)
• Date revisions

Production Script Title Page

```fountain

Title:

SEOUL IDENTITY

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham

Draft date: REVISED - December 27, 2025

Contact:

Production Company Name

Address

```

What to Include

```fountain

Contact:

Your Name

your.email@domain.com

(555) 123-4567

```

Or your representation:

```fountain

Contact:

Represented by

Agent Name

Agency Name

agent@agency.com

(555) 123-4567

```

Positioning

In final PDF output:

• Title: Centered, 1/3 down page
• Credit/Author: Centered, below title
• Contact: Lower right (or lower left)

Optional Copyright

```fountain

Copyright: (c) 2025 Scott Graham

```

WGA Registration

If including (not recommended on specs):

```fountain

Notes: WGAw Registered

```

Feature Film Spec

```fountain

Title:

SEOUL IDENTITY

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham

Draft date: December 2025

Contact:

scott@wordstofilmby.com

```

Television Spec

```fountain

Title:

"The One Where Everything Changes"

Credit: Spec episode of

Author: BREAKING BAD

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham

Contact:

scott@wordstofilmby.com

```

Adaptation

```fountain

Title:

THE GREAT GATSBY

Credit: Screenplay by

Author: Scott Graham

Source: Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Draft date: December 2025

Contact:

scott@wordstofilmby.com

```

Writing Team

```fountain

Title:

BUDDY COP MOVIE

Credit: Written by

Author: Scott Graham & Jane Smith

Draft date: December 2025

Contact:

Represented by

Super Agent

Big Agency

agent@bigagency.com

```

• [ ] Title is present
• [ ] Credit type is correct
• [ ] Author name(s) formatted correctly
• [ ] Contact information included
• [ ] Draft date current (if included)
• [ ] Source credited (if adaptation)
• [ ] No WGA number on spec scripts
• [ ] No draft numbers on spec scripts
• [ ] Multi-line values properly indented