By
Pat P Miller, Pat Miller has been a script supervisor for some thirty years, both in feature films and in television, and has worked with the industry's eminent directors.
Description
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.
Audience:
script supervisors, directors, editors
