Is there a way to have multiple alternative variants of a scene (alternative dialogue, shorter scene, etc.) in a spec script that, for example let's say the writers room of a TV show, would agree on one of them before turning it into a shooting script? If that's possible, how would one properly format/denote that?
Some further explanation: Let's say, the original scene is quite expensive. The director would like to include it when possible but that might depend on other episodes of the show. So they write an cheaper scene variant just in case until a decision is made on this because they don't have time to wait and then rewrite the scene, since, clearly, time is money.
Is there a way to have multiple alternative variants of a scene (alternative dialogue, shorter scene, etc.) in a spec script that, for example let's say the writers room of a TV show, would agree on one of them before turning it into a shooting script? If that's possible, how would one properly format/denote that?
Some further explanation: Let's say, the original scene is quite expensive. The director would like to include it when possible but that might depend on other episodes of the show. So they write an cheaper scene variant just in case until a decision is made on this because they don't have time to wait and then rewrite the scene, since, clearly, time is money.