Book description
This definitive handbook explains how a script is transformed into a motion picture or television program. Readers will learn the methodology and craft of the script supervisor, who ensures that the continuity of a film, its logical progression, is coherent.The book teaches all vital script supervising functions, including how to:
.prepare, or "break down" a script for shooting
.maintaining screen direction and progression
.matching scenes and shots for editing
.cuing actors
.recording good takes and prints
preparing time and log sheets for editing
This revision of an industry classic has been updated to reflect changes in the film industry in recent years, including the use of electronic media in the script supervisor's tasks. While it is written for the novice script writer, it can serve as a valuable resource for directors, film editors, scriptwriters and cinematographers.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Getting Into the Act
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2 Dealing with the Script
- First Comes the Word
- How to Read a Script
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How to Break Down a Script
- 1. Master Scenes
- 2. Story Chronology/Time Breakdown
- 3. Time Elements/Day or Night
- 4. Names of Characters
- 5. Characters' Physical Distinctions
- 6. Overt Action
- 7. Props
- 8. Read the Script Again
- 9. Back-Matching Notes
- 10. Scene Count
- 11. Page Count
- 12. Master-Scene Page Count
- 13. Continuity Synopsis/One-Liner
- 14. Wardrobe Outline
- 15. Script Revisions
- 16. Special Forms
- Sample Script Breakdown
- 3 Prior to Principal Photography
- 4 Day on a Movie Set
- 5 Camera Rehearsals
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6 The Slating Syndrome
- The Slate
- The Smart Slate
- Timecode
- Methods of Slating
- The Slating Process
- Mis-slate
- End Slate/Tail Sticks
- The Take
- The Running Pick-up
- Out Takes
- Retakes
- Multiple Cameras
- The Common Slate
- Slating Auxiliary Scene Numbers
- Alternate Numbering Method
- Slating Extraneous Scenes
- Slating Picture without Sound Track
- Slating Wild Film Footage
- Slating Wild Tracks for Picture
- Slating Off-Camera (Off-Screen) Sounds
- Slating Wild Sound
- Slating Musical Productions
- 7 Getting the Scene on Film
- 8 Timing is of the Essence
- 9 “That's a Wrap!”
- 10 Continuity Script to the Editor
- 11 Dynamics of the Camera
- 12 The Concept of Coverage
- 13 The Mastery of Matching
- 14 Second Unit Filming
- 15 Filming for Television
- 16 Film Language
- Appendix A: Abbreviations for Shot Descriptions
- Appendix B: Conversions
- Appendix C: Sample Forms
- Index
Product information
- Title: Script Supervising and Film Continuity, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2013
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136049217
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