Hey all, hopefully this is the right (or at least, not the wrong) forum for this question. I want to shoot a short DV film and want to know the easiest way to keep track of my shots. I want to be able to go in knowing exactly what shots we're working on, setups, etc. Do any of you use a specific software for that?
Production shots list?
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You could, or you could just write it down. I just write it down. Use a form that you understand easily and quickly for text, or storyboards if you're into that and can draw. Which I cannot, so I don't even consider it. Although software exists to make that easier on people like me. Anyway, I just have shot lists with very quick descriptions of what I need and references to the script for length. The last shot on my list is always 'anything else you can think of', and I write down things I think of while we go so I won't derail the momentum.
j1clark@ucsd.edu
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Write Brothers, who produce "Movie Magic" use to have a set of production packages. These packages have been sold off to the Entertainment Partners, and are now found here under "Products and Services":
http://www.entertainmentpartners.com/
The alternative is to create your shot list in Excel or similar, having marked up your script by hand. Celtx doesn't really have a good interface for this sort of thing, so other than color highlighting, your still stuck for hand work to transfer that to the spread sheet.
Mattykins
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Entertainment Partners doesn't have software for storyboarding and shot listing.
You are confusing a strip board and a lined script with shot listing.
I think what OP is talking about is a textual storyboard - which is a shot list.
The colored strip board, which I think is what clark is talking about is very different. It tells the production what scene is up when, what needs to be on set, estimated time of completion, etc. Which would be covered under EP's software or Gorilla.
The marked scripts are generated by a script supervisor during the course of a production.
So if I read the OP's post correctly, I think the short answer is no. It might be easier to use a pad of paper to storyboard, and a word document to type up what shots you want.
If you are actually talking about scheduling, totally look into EP Scheduling or Gorilla.
You are confusing a strip board and a lined script with shot listing.
I think what OP is talking about is a textual storyboard - which is a shot list.
The colored strip board, which I think is what clark is talking about is very different. It tells the production what scene is up when, what needs to be on set, estimated time of completion, etc. Which would be covered under EP's software or Gorilla.
The marked scripts are generated by a script supervisor during the course of a production.
So if I read the OP's post correctly, I think the short answer is no. It might be easier to use a pad of paper to storyboard, and a word document to type up what shots you want.
If you are actually talking about scheduling, totally look into EP Scheduling or Gorilla.