Are camera techniques allowed to be mentioned in a script?

Question

If not, where should they be mentioned?

(I'm doing a production design plan for Media)

Answer 1

If you're the one writing the screenplay, just concentrate on the story. You don't have to worry about camera techniques whatsoever. Once the screenplay is greenlighted for filming, the director is responsible to determine the position of the camera, angles, close-ups, etc.

You CAN, however, jot down the camera techniques if you have a double role - a screenwriter and director at the same time. In that case, you have complete control over the script and the filming process, so go ahead.

Answer 2

There is a book called "The Screenwriter's Bible" by Dave Trottier that shows you all kinds of proper formatting techniques for "spec" screenplays.  He doesn't advise writing things like "CU Bobby's wedding ring" because that sort of thing is done in the "production script," which is put together by the director and his crew.

Trottier does give some examples of how writers use hints to direct the action without trying to "direct the film from the script."

Answer 3

Not really. The scriptwriters job is just that: to write the script. It is the director's and cinematographers job to decided what the shots are going to be.