Beyond continuity : script supervision for the modern filmmaker / by Mary Cybulski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cybulski, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Continuity (Motion pictures, television, etc.).

Physical Description:

xxvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Focal Press, 2014.

Summary:

"A guide to the craft of script supervising, Beyond Continuity features practical instruction through real-world examples demonstrating and explaining the skills needed by a professional script supervisor. Mary Cybulski, one of Hollywood's premier script supervisors, imparts her sage wisdom as she walks you through the process of training and working as a professional script supervisor, covering the basic skills of breaking down a script, taking notes on set, matching, cheating, determining screen direction, and knowing what the director, actors, and editor expect from a script supervisor. She also details many of the more subtle, but just as important skills-- how to get a job, how to think like an editor, how to tell what is important in a script and on set, how to get along with the cast and crew, and how not to get overwhelmed when there is too much information to process"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / David Mamet

Introduction : What's so good about being a script supervisor ; What a script supervisor does ; Basic script supervising skills

Getting started : Building script supervisor skills ; How to get a job ; Meeting the director ; Making your deal ; You have the job

Preproduction: breaking down the script : Overview ; Defining the scenes ; Page/Time/Scene tally ; Master breakdown ; Time breakdowns ; Special breakdowns

Preproduction: non-breakdown preproduction : Rehearsals ; Rewrites ; The read through ; Tech scouts ; The production meeting ; Getting physically ready for the shoot ; What's in your kit

Production overview: keeping the notes : Introduction, three kinds of notes ; Notes used everyday, on every movie ; Notes used on some days or some movies ; On-set matching notes ; Slating ; Setting up your book

Production overview: maintaining continuity : Why we need continuity ; Two kinds of continuity ; What to match ; Thinking like an editor ; Variations in continuity style ; Cheating, when what's wrong is right

The language and grammar of filmmaking : How to think about film grammar ; What's in the film grammar toolkit? ; Screen direction, the 180 line ; Maintaining screen direction in motion ; Unusual matching situations ; When actors move the line ; When the camera moves the line ; The power of jumping the line ; Why the 180 line is elusive ; Cutting on camera movement ; Composition ; Three dimensions ; Working with coverage

A day on set : The call sheet ; Arriving ; Setting up for the day ; Blocking ; Lighting the set ; Rehearsal ; Rolling film ; Slating ; Notating time code ; Timing the take ; First shot of the morning ; Notes for each take ; Circled takes ; Lens information ; Continuity photos ; Drawing set-up frames ; What to look at ; Not matching well ; Delivering off-camera dialog ; Giving notes to actors, directors, crew members ; Moving on to the next set-up ; Moving on to the next scene ; Lunch ; Throughout the day ; Wrap ; The end of the job

The big picture : Actors are angels ; Pick your projects; follow your leader ; The girl thing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780240814896

0240814894

OCLC:

861497086

Publisher Number:

99977461708

40023556985