Title Page

The title page is the first thing a reader sees when they open your script. Premiere gives you a simple editor to fill it in, and the result appears at the front of every exported PDF.

What goes on a title page

A standard screenplay title page includes these fields:

Title is the name of your screenplay, centered and prominent on the page. If you have not set a separate title, Premiere will use your project name.
Credit is typically "Written by" or "Screenplay by." For adaptations, you might use "Screenplay by" for the script and add a "Story by" or "Based on" credit separately.
Author is the writer's name (or names, if you are writing with a partner). Multiple authors on the same team are separated by "&" while writers who worked on different drafts are separated by "and."
Source is used when your screenplay is based on existing material. For example: Based on the novel by Jane Doe.
Draft date is the date of the current draft, usually written as a month and year (e.g., June 2026).
Contact is your contact information, or your agent's or manager's contact information. This typically goes in the lower-left corner and can include name, address, phone number, and email. Each piece goes on its own line.
Copyright notice, if you choose to include one. Premiere has a built-in year picker that generates a standard copyright line for you (e.g., "All Rights Reserved").
Notes is a place for revision notes, draft color, or any other information you want on the title page.
Watermark lets you add a watermark, such as a recipient's name or "CONFIDENTIAL," useful when distributing your script to specific readers. It prints diagonally across every page of the exported PDF, including the title page.

How to edit the title page

Open the title page editor by choosing Project Properties from the More menu in the toolbar at the top of the editor (or search "Project properties" in the command palette). A panel will appear with fields for each item listed above. Fill in what you need and save.

You can also set project-level settings in the title page editor, including:

Plot summary (your logline) for internal reference.
Target page count which appears in the status bar as a goal to write toward.

Tip

You do not need to fill in every field. Many writers leave the copyright line blank on early drafts and only add contact info when the script is ready to send out. At minimum, you want a title and your name.

How it appears in exports

When you export your script as a PDF, the title page appears as the very first page, before page 1 of your screenplay. It follows standard formatting:

The title is centered, about a third of the way down the page.
The credit and author name are centered below the title.
Source material credit (if any) appears below the author.
The draft date, contact information, and any notes appear together in the lower-left corner, in that order.
Copyright notice appears in the lower-right corner.

The title page does not count toward your script's page count. Page 1 begins with the first scene.

Headers and footers

The title page editor also lets you configure page headers and footers for the body of your script. You can insert tokens that automatically fill in information on every page:

{page} inserts the current page number
{pages} inserts the total page count
{title} inserts the script title
{author} inserts the author name
{date} inserts the current date
{revision} inserts the current revision label
{draft} inserts the draft date

These appear on every page of the exported PDF (except the title page itself).

Industry conventions

If you are submitting to agents, managers, contests, or studios, here are a few conventions worth knowing:

Keep it clean and simple. A title page should not have graphics, colors, or decorative fonts. Just the text.
The standard credit for a sole author is "Written by" followed by your name on the next line.
For writing teams, use "&" between partners who wrote together and "and" between writers who worked separately (this is a WGA convention).
Include contact information or your representative's information. If you are unrepresented, your own email and phone number are fine.
Draft dates help readers know which version they are looking at. Always update the date when you send out a new draft.
Copyright notices are optional. Your work is copyrighted the moment you write it. Some writers include it, some don't. It is a personal choice.

Tip

When in doubt, look at a few produced screenplays in the genre you are writing. Title pages tend to follow a simple, consistent pattern across the industry.