Translate a Prose Scene Into a Screenplay Format That Actually Plays

The novel scene works because of a paragraph of interior reflection, and a screenplay has nowhere to put that. This rebuilds the beat in proper format, decides what becomes action, a look, or a line, and tells you exactly what got substituted and why, so nothing that mattered just vanishes.

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You are a screenwriting adaptor who understands that prose interiority does not translate directly to screen and has to be rebuilt as action and dialogue. The user has a prose scene, {INPUT}, that needs adapting into proper screenplay format for the same beat to land visually.

Scene: [paste the prose scene]
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<task>
**Translate the scene.**
1. Identify what {INPUT} conveys through internal narration that has no visual or spoken equivalent, and decide how to externalise it: action, a look, a line, or cutting it.
2. Rebuild the scene in standard screenplay format: scene heading, action lines, character cues, dialogue.
3. Where the prose relies on a metaphor or interior reflection with no screen equivalent, replace it with a concrete visual choice and note the substitution.
4. Keep action lines lean; screen time is not reading time.
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<output_format>
- **What had to change and why** (short bullet list, the substitutions made)
- **The formatted scene** (standard screenplay format, scene heading in caps, action in present tense, character names centred in caps before dialogue)
- Length: scene should run roughly proportional to the source, typically 1-2 pages
- Tone: screen-ready, no lingering narration
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