Planning and productional documentations

Script breakdowns

- Breaking the script into components 

- Do it by department 

- A step towards scheduling 

- The script breakdown can be done ON the schedule, or you can do a 'paper' version where you just break a script down by department separately. 

SA- Supporting Artist 

Scheduling 

- Directly generated from the script 

- Everything is generated by the schedule from now on

- This is the most direct translation of the script, practically speaking 

- Includes information about the length of a scene, cast involved, the timer, it will take to shoot, the location, EXT vs INT, Day vs Night scene numbers and more. 

Budgeting 

- Based on the schedule 

- Don't do a budget without doing a schedule first. why? Budget could change from the schedule, cannot budget for a film if you do not know the time frames.

- Broken down into sections by department, like:

Cast, crew, camera, sound, locations, accommodations, catering, art department, equipment etc. 

The budget will be created by a producer or a line producer.

This document will govern all the money spent and help to shape the film in terms of what is possible and what isn't. 

The best budgets and budget makers are those who can see how this money will translate into images - and who can see the images onscreen just from the cost that are laid out. 

Call sheets 

- These documents  that govern the shooting day

- The line producer or production manager will create these

- The production coordinator will send these to everyone

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Recce's

- A 'tour' of locations 

- Practical and Creative Fusion

- Who goes on a recce?

- What happens on a recede?

- Way are they important? 

- Location Recce

- Technical Recce

- Risk assessment 

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Risk Assessments

- Might me morning to read but are very important

- Insurance require them

- Who makes the equipment list? DOP 

- What is it based on? 

- Dovetails is with schedule and a call sheet 

- Some equipment affects the schedule