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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cybulski, Mary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Continuity (Motion pictures, television, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; What's So Good about Being a Script Supervisor?; What a Script Supervisor Does; Supervising the Script; In Charge of Continuity; Continuity Within a Scene: Matched Action; Continuity Between Scenes: Progressive Action; Technical Advisor for the Grammar of Filmmaking; Basic Script Supervising Skills; Understanding Cinematic Language; Artistic and Personal Sensitivity; Good Organization; Paying Attention for Long Periods of Time; Intensity and Ease; Chapter 2: Getting Started

Building Script Supervisor SkillsHow to Get a Job; Meeting the Director; Making Your Deal; You Have the Job; Read the Script Again!; Prep Time; The Production Office; Payroll; Production Office Staff; Assistant Directors; Other Departments; Chapter 3: Preproduction: Breaking Down the Script; Overview; Breakdowns for Every Movie; Special Breakdowns; Electronic Script Supervising Programs; Defining the Scenes; Page/Time/Scene Tally; Making the Tally Sheet; Overview of the Breakdown; Setting Up the Columns; Adding Scene Numbers; Wait to Describe the Action; Scene Count; Page Breakdown

Script TimingFilling in the "To Do" and "Done" Blocks; Master Breakdown; Overview; Setting Up a Master Breakdown Form; Scene Numbers; Interior/Exterior; Day/Night; Location; Action (or Description); Characters; The Importance of Matching Back; Props/Art/Wardrobe/Make-up/Special Effects; Voice-over/Video and Audio Playback/Visual Effects and TV/Airplane Dialog; Matching; Time Breakdowns; The Different Uses of Time Breakdowns; Story Beat Breakdown; Setting Up the Breakdown; Logic and Guessing; Day Breaks; Representing the Director's Ideas; The Power of Time Breakdowns; How to Think About Time

Cheating TimeDay Breakdown; Special Breakdowns; Visual Effects (VFX); Many Parallel Story Lines; Change in a Character; Weather and the Natural World; Injuries; Complicated Hair and Make-up; The Big Boards; Non-Continuous Time; Post-Modern Time and Place; The Warehouse; What I Don't Do; Chapter 4: Preproduction: Non-Breakdown Preproduction; Rehearsals; Rewrites; Flagging Changes on the Page; Changes in Scene Numbers; Changes in Page Numbers; Color Pages; Kinds of Rewrites; A White Copy of Revised Pages; The Read Through; Tech Scouts; The Production Meeting

Getting Physically Ready for the ShootWhat's in Your Kit; Equipment; Necessary Items; Other Useful Tools; Weather Gear; Chapter 5: Production Overview: Keeping the Notes; Introduction, Three Kinds of Notes; Every Day, Every Movie; Some Days, Some Movies; On-set Matching Notes; Notes Used Everyday, On Every Movie; Lined Script; Lining the Script; How Editors Read the Lined Script; Wildtrack; Numbering Dialog; Facing Pages; Setting Up the Facing Page; Describing Camera Moves; Time Code; 3-D; Special Elements; Editors' Daily Log; Script Supervisor's Daily Report; To Record the Crew's Work Day

To List the Work that was Planned for this Day

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781138130340

1138130346

9780240814902

0240814908

9781136040658

113604065X

9781136040665

1136040668

OCLC:

878405846