Script Breakdown Process

Role: SCRIPT SUPERVISOR (who will assist the Director)

Task (in general)

  • a personal checklist that covers all
  • to make sure everyone brings the things they need to bring
  • start figuring out what equipment and sets and wardrobe and special effects and visual effects and locations and makeup and so on
  • considering production schedule and budgeting
  • are familiar with essential props  
  • filtering how many characters need to be cast
  • knows what the sets, locations, props, and wardrobe are supposed to look like
  • key grip know what the lighting and composition and colors are supposed to look like
  • special or visual effects are planned for and designed in advance
  • goes through the script page by page with highlighters of various colors - representing the concerns of a specific department, and highlights passages to be extracted - standard for which color highlighter - such as ‘locations’, ‘props’, ‘equipment’, and ‘special/visual effects’

Sample from script

INT. SHOP - NIGHT

ED, a fifty-year old car salesman, enters his shop with a LOADED REVOLVER and a SUICIDE NOTE. His shirt is stained with tears. He sits at his cluttered desk and sets the note on his computer. The gun goes off, spraying the window behind him with red.

get ready for Location : GREEN
PROP MASTER to get ready for Props : YELLOW
ART DIRECTOR to get ready for Equipment : BLUE
VISUAL EFFECT SUPERVISOR to get ready for Special/Visual Effect : ORANGE
get ready for Wardrobe : PINK

All is about to express the character, situation, condition and background. And all above affect the budget.

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