The Grammar In Film

EX: The next scene will take place in the Southwest.

Rule 8: Capitalize institution names.

EX: The USC School of Cinematic Arts is one of the top schools for film.

Rule 9: Capitalize names of particular geographic places.

EX. In this next scene the Jedis will explore the Ewok inhabited Bright Tree village.

Rule 10: Capitalize historical events, periods of time, and historical documents.

EX: The American Revolution gives directors and filmmakers ideas on what to create next.

Rule 11: Capitalize religions, religious denominations, religious documents, names of churches, and names of a supreme being.

EX: Most of the crew members are Protestant.

Rule 12: Capitalize languages EX: The crew speaks French fluently.

Rule 13: Capitalize specific names of structures.

EX: The scene takes place in the eiffle tower.

Rule 14: Capitalize names, initials, and titles appearing with names.

EX: Buster Keaton starred in The General, a Civil War movie.

Rule 15: Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence.

EX: The film crew decided to move the location eastwards 5 miles..

Rule 16: Capitalize the pronoun I. EX: I won the academy award for best sci-fi movie of the year. .

Rule 17: Capitalize the first letter of the first word in most lines of poetry.

EX: Sabers are Red, Sabers are blue, I killed all the Jedi just for you.

Rule 18: Capitalize Roman numerals and the letters for the first major topics in an outline. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in an outline.

EX: 1. Movies a. Genres i. Horror Rule 19: Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a direct quotation.

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