I need help with the lights in scenes

[T.taleah1998]

I need help with making my character turn off the lights in the room…
My current script:
INT. EURO HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
@pan to zone 3
@CATHERINE walks to spot 0.993 255 147 in zone 3 and CATHERINE is walk_exhausted_loop
@CATHERINE faces left
@CATHERINE is tinker_stand_neutral_loop_rear

[T.taleah1998]

INT. EURO HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
@pan to zone 3
@CATHERINE walks to spot 0.993 255 147 in zone 3 and CATHERINE is walk_exhausted_loop
@CATHERINE faces left
@CATHERINE is tinker_stand_neutral_loop_rear
(Turn off lights right here)
@CATHERINE is yawn

[TristanArciera]

The easiest way to do this would be to switch the background when the lights are turned off. Like this: (Be aware that I used periods to keep certain parts of the script from showing bolded.)

#your original script:
INT. EURO HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
@.pan to zone 3
@.CATHERINE walks to spot 0.993 255 147 in zone 3 AND CATHERINE is walk_exhausted_loop
@.CATHERINE faces left
@.CATHERINE is tinker_stand_neutral_loop_rear

#turn off lights right here:
INT. EURO HOTEL ROOM LIGHTS - NIGHT
&CATHERINE spot 0.993 255 147 in zone 3
&CATHERINE faces left AND CATHERINE is tinker_stand_neutral_loop_rear
@.cut to zone 3

The &'s in the script allow the line of code to occur simultaneously with the one after it in case you didn’t know. This allows your script to run smoother when transitioning from one background to the next. I hope this helps.

[Farah_DeSantis]

If you want also the character to be darker you can use black overlay which will cover whole scene and set the opacity to something between 0.5-0.8 depending on how dark you want the scene.