Tuesday, 4 March 2008

The S - Words

Script, Screenplay, Scene Script, Shootingscript, Shootlist and Storyboard

...häääälllllpp!!!

Ok, a Script a Scene Script and a Screenplay seem to be basically the same thing with different names. They describe all the scenes in the movie (NOT the shots!), place (INT/EXT) and time (DAY/NIGHT) them.
The Scene Screen Script Play features the characters, the characters movements, dialog, narration, the key props and the location so that later on shots can be extracted.

Sounds cool... now further into this story...

A shootingscript seems to be derivated out of a script (aka...) and contains each specifical Shot. It adds more information for the crew on the set. Things like the transitions, camera positions and framing (WS/ MS/ CU) are written in the shootingscript but they leave space for spontan creativity.

Ähm... OK...

A Shotlist is very precise about cameraposition and angle in the scene. Often they are made dayly for the planned shooting.

And last but not least the Storyboard...
Not every director seems to use it in the same phase of production and in the same amount or artistic perfection. For Animation it is quite usefull to have a more or less accurate storyboard based on a rough shootingscript.

THE BREAK DOWN:

1. Outline an Idea
2. Write Script -> improve it
3. Write Shootingscript
4. Draw Storyboard
5. Write Shotlist
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  • a shot: beginns and ends when camera is switched ON/OFF
  • a scene: contains several shots (same location and time)
  • a sequence: is a narrative unit out of several scenes or shots

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