SCRIPTING: THE LOCATION-BASED OUTLINE
Location-Based Outline
The next step is to break this outline up and break it down into locations. In the same way that each scene in a film script takes place at a specific location, break your outline down into its locations so that you can easily shoot each location out before moving to the next one. As the director, this document will be your main reference on set. Include the same, down-to-the-second time information, as well as the lyrics you’re covering, and number each beat. Following is an example of a location-based outline.
Example location-based outline
| Location 1: Rooftop | |||
| Grab | Time | Scene | Lyrics |
| I | 0:00–0:23 | A single black dot appears on a white plane, then a second, then halftone spots flood out ... | |
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