How do you write them in to the script?
How about just a little more information.
A script written in hope you will sell it?
A script that you will be producing and directing?
Funny.
I was just poking around this very subject yesterday.
Here's what I got:
A - Complete Victory
STAR WARS, INDIANA JONES, KARATE KID, TOY STORYs, SALT, EASY A, INCEPTION, KUNG FU PANDA, CARS, LETHAL WEAPONs.
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! The protags get everything they were shooting for with winning their Final Challenge.
B - Acceptable Alternative
ROCKY, ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, AVATAR, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK.
The protags don't get exactly what they want, but are happy with the alternate option they end up with.
Lose the big prize, but get the girl or credit for trying sort of thing.
C - Pyrrhic Victory
BLACK SWAN, FIGHT CLUB, GLADIATOR, CASINO ROYALE, THE CONSTANT GARDNER, BOOK OF ELI, SPLICE, SKYLINE, DARK KNIGHT, 127 HOURS.
Yeah, the protag got what he wanted, but at such a steep cost you gotta question was it really worth it?
These tend to be rather martyrdom focused.
In Complete Victory & Acceptable Alternative plots pretty much most all the protags come out alive. In Pyrric Victories you lose some or all of the good guys along with the bad guys.
D - Dark Ending
RESERVOIR DOGS, FARGO, SHUTTLE, CABIN FEVER, MONSTERS, NEVER LET ME GO, OPEN WATER.
Everyone f#cking dies. There's no real [expletive] point.
At the end of them you tend to think "Well, that was f#cked up" despite a few chuckles, maybe.
E - The Twist Ending
PLANET OF THE APES, FALLEN
Just when you think you got it figured out - surPRISE!
F - The Summation
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
The conclusion is some convergence of all the little clues sprinkled throughout the story.
This is kinduva kissin' cousin to The Twist Ending.
There is no "professional" way to do this. When you see an
alternate ending on a DVD what has happened is the original
ending did not test well so another ending was written and
shot. Or the original written ending was changed before shooting
started - then after testing the finished film that ending didn't
work so the original ending was shot. Writers do not write
alternate endings into their scripts.
If you - as the writer/producer/director - want to write and
shoot two different endings you can write the alternate ending
and attach it to the end of the script after the main ending. If
you want, after you type "The End" you can type, "Alternate
Ending" and then the scenes.
In this case, what ever you decide will be fine. As long as you,
the writer/producer/director/actor, understand what you mean.
Funny.
I was just poking around this very subject yesterday.
Here's what I got:
A - Complete Victory
STAR WARS, INDIANA JONES, KARATE KID, TOY STORYs, SALT, EASY A, INCEPTION, KUNG FU PANDA, CARS, LETHAL WEAPONs.
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! The protags get everything they were shooting for with winning their Final Challenge.
B - Acceptable Alternative
ROCKY, ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, AVATAR, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK.
The protags don't get exactly what they want, but are happy with the alternate option they end up with.
Lose the big prize, but get the girl or credit for trying sort of thing.
C - Pyrrhic Victory
BLACK SWAN, FIGHT CLUB, GLADIATOR, CASINO ROYALE, THE CONSTANT GARDNER, BOOK OF ELI, SPLICE, SKYLINE, DARK KNIGHT, 127 HOURS.
Yeah, the protag got what he wanted, but at such a steep cost you gotta question was it really worth it?
These tend to be rather martyrdom focused.
In Complete Victory & Acceptable Alternative plots pretty much most all the protags come out alive. In Pyrric Victories you lose some or all of the good guys along with the bad guys.
D - Dark Ending
RESERVOIR DOGS, FARGO, SHUTTLE, CABIN FEVER, MONSTERS, NEVER LET ME GO, OPEN WATER.
Everyone f#cking dies. There's no real [expletive] point.
At the end of them you tend to think "Well, that was f#cked up" despite a few chuckles, maybe.
E - The Twist Ending
PLANET OF THE APES, FALLEN
Just when you think you got it figured out - surPRISE!
F - The Summation
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
The conclusion is some convergence of all the little clues sprinkled throughout the story.
This is kinduva kissin' cousin to The Twist Ending.
... rest of script up to juncture ...
START ALTERNATE ENDINGS: <-- as with a series of shots
ALTERNATE ENDING #1 <-- used as a slugline
.... script
CUT TO WRAP-UP:
ALTERNATE ENDING #2
.... script
CUT TO WRAP-UP:
ALTERNATE ENDING #3
.... script
END OF ALTERNATE ENDINGS:
FINAL WRAP-UP (if needed)