Clapperboard - Confused about letters.. need help

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tom1597530

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Hello. I am going to make a film and I am still confused about using the film slate. I have these questions...

I saw many times, that the scene has also a letter at it, like 15C... so...

I have one scene, let's say Scene 10... I want to split the scene to 4 parts, because it's too long. For example, the whole scene is how two actors are talking... but to make it easier to them, I will stop the camera after 1/4 of the scene and so forth...
how should I mark it to the clapperboard?

And then, when I want to record the 2/4 part of the Scene 10 from 2 different angles, how should I mark that into the clapperboard?

And also, the Roll number is, which tape are you using, right? I have a camera with HDD, it means that all clips store to the internal HDD... should I leave the Roll number at 1 at any time?

Thank you very much :)
 
Usually you change the letter, wehenever the camera was moved/different angle.

Lets say you have scene 10, master shot. Thats 10A or 10/01- Take 1
Than you do the same thing ove the shoulder, thats 10/B or 10/02 and so on.

I never heard of splitting a scene, but if you absolutley have to, make it 10(scene) A(angle) 01 (part on). That´s 10/A/01 - Take 1

But a lot of directors come up with their own system - I saw some strange things in my career.

Frank
 
Maybe splitting a scene is a bulshit... so actually I can mark the "splitting scene" by those letters... for example I will mark the part of the scene on my screenplay with a pen and mark it 10A then the next few lines of text and mark it by 10B and so forth... is it alright like this?
 
Short answer is yes.

Usually things are marked with a letter each time the camera changes angles. Master is usually Scene 10, Take 1,2,3. Move the camera for coverage. Scene 10 A, Take 1,2,3

You could "split" the scene by saying "Scene 10.1 Take 1" "Scene 10.2 Take 1" "Scene 10.3 Take 1" Nothing wrong with that. Just have a script supervisor keep notes. Or keep notes yourself so you know what coverage you have from what scenes.

Just do it intuitively. I've heard "Scene 10 Extra Stuff" before for a pickup. As long as you and the editor knows what is happening, you are good to go.
 
Thank you :) And what about the Roll? What does that mean? I heard that it's the take that the clip is recorded to... or something like that... if it's correct and I am using a camera with an HDD, should I leave the Roll number on 1 for the whole time?
 
Yes, the "Roll" would be used to reference which roll of film/which tape/which card/etc. you are on. If you're recording to a hard drive, you can up the Roll number each time you transfer/wipe the data from it. However, you may decide not to use that section on the slate.
 
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