A scene in a house.

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Quick question.

If you are writing a scene that happens multiple locatations in a house (Kitchen, bathroom, living room, bedroom) and the characters are moving from one room to another, do you need a new slugline for each room? Wouldn't it read better if there was just a notation in the action?

INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
INT. HOUSE - KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
INT. HOUSE - BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

or

INT. HOUSE - NIGHT.

Jeff moves from the foyer to the kitchen.
Monica heads for the bathroom and Jeff blocks her path.
Jeff sits on his bed.

or

INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
LIVING ROOM

KITCHEN

BATHROOM

Which is the right way to do it? Most of the other scenes I have written are in a single place as opposed to many rooms. There is an argument in this scene so I don't want to slow the reader down. I want the action fast paced.

Thoughts?

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Hi!

I've read, and seen, that the third way is the most correct one. Meaning:

INT. HOUSE -- NIGHT

Blah blah...

KITCHEN
Blah blah...

BATHROOM
Blah.

To me, that's reasonable enough, and the reader can follow easily. Because the house already is one location (the main location , let's say). The rest are "sub-locations". Only if I change the main location, I change slugline.

If, for example, you got two houses, JOHN'S HOUSE, let's say, and MIKE'S HOUSE, and you jump from John's house, to Mike's bathroom, then I'd write:

INT. MIKE'S HOUSE -- BATHROOM -- DAY, and if the action continues in Mike's house, the rest would just be KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM, etc (not entire suglines).

This is just my opinion, but I hope it proves at least a bit useful...