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1	Where, when, and who are the three primary components of scene-setting in a script. For example:
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3	''INT. WOLFRAM & HART - HALLWAY (where)- MORNING (when)
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5	ON ILLYRIA (who)...''
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7	Words like these in a script suggest to a director what is important about the scene, and -- if the director agrees -- help to cause the scene to be rendered in the way the author imagined it would have been.
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9	Note that this might sometimes be where, when, and ''what'', rather than ''who''. An example from the same ''Series/{{Angel}}'' script:
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11	'' INT. RACQUETBALL COURT - EVENING
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13	CLOSE ON a white wall for an instant...''
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15	This helps the audience understand a change of scene by emphasizing the ''where'' of the scene. A quick visual transition to the ''who'' in the new setting is mandatory, unless the place is more interesting than the people.
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17	Beseech the deity of your choice for mercy, O Writer, if the places are more important than the people.
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