Script supervising and film continuity / Pat P. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Pat P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Continuity (Motion pictures, television, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 236 p. ) ill.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Focal Press, c1999.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Getting into the act

Dealing with the script

Prior to principal photography

A day on a movie set

Camera rehearsals

The slating syndrome

Getting the scene on film

Timing is of the essence

"That's a wrap!"

Continuity script to the editor

Dynamics of the camera

The concept of coverage

The mastery of matching

Second unit filming

Filming for television

Film language.

Notes:

"The Continuity supervisor's bible"--Cover.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781136049217

1136049215

9780080516769

0080516769

9781138128903

1138128902

9781136049224

1136049223

OCLC:

863221707