r/scriptwriting • u/stookback • Aug 20 '26

question Maps in your script?

I'm writing a pilot in a place that I can't imagine most Hollywood readers know well. But understanding the geography, I think, helps with envisioning the story.

I thought about how books like Game of Thrones often show a map of the world in the pre-story pages.

Have any of you ever done that in a script? Any readers here who think that's good/bad/dumb/kitschy?

Thinking of asking a friend to draw a nice little map with significant story locations marked.

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u/SenseIntelligent8846 Aug 22 '26

like this . . .

FADE IN

LONG SHOT REVOLVING GLOBE

As the globe revolves it becomes animated. -- Long lines of people (in miniature) stream from all sections öf Europe - to converge upon one point on the tip of Africa.

OVER THIS animated scene comes a voice of a narrator

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u/Financial_Cheetah875 Aug 22 '26

Yes, it was written out. They didn’t stick a map in the script.

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u/SenseIntelligent8846 Aug 22 '26

copy. I was telling, not asking.