| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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text file |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Cinematography.
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
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Continuity (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Motion Pictures |
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Cinéma. |
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Cinéma -- Production et réalisation. |
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Continuité dialoguée (Cinéma, télévision, etc.) |
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continuities. |
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Cinematography |
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Continuity (Motion pictures, television, etc.) |
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Pat P. Script supervising and film continuity. 3rd ed. Boston : Focal Press, ©1999 0240802942 (DLC) 98045581 (OCoLC)39951738 |
| ISBN |
9781136049217 |
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1136049215 |
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0240802942 |
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9780240802947 |
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9780080516769 (e-book ; PDF) |
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0080516769 |
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9781136049224 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1136049223 |
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9781136049170 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1136049177 |
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9781138128903 (hardback) |
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1138128902 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780080516769 doi |
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9780240802947 |
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