I've never had the urge to write a TV or movie script but I've read a few and known that they have special formatting requirements. If I were going to write a script, I'd probably be looking for a tool designed for that purpose, just as I would use a tool designed for documentation, like FrameMaker or Flare, to write a user manual.
Scrivener is a tool designed for writing fiction that can also be used for scripts and screenplays. This article by Gabriel Gaynor-Guthrie explains the special requirements of scripts and how you can use Scrivener for them. Until I read it, I had no idea about different parts of scripts (like loglines and treatments) or the many other things that would be expected.
If you're thinking about script writing, this is worth reading, even if you don't plan on using Scrivener.
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