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Shooting Script
– The script from which a movie is made. Usually
contains numbered scenes and technical notes.
Lined Script
– A copy of the shooting script which is prepared by the
script supervisor during production to indicate, via
notations and vertical lines drawn directly onto the
script pages, exactly what coverage has been shot.
Continuity Script, or Continuity Report
– A detailed list of the events that occurred during the
filming of a scene. Typically recorded are production
and crew identification, camera settings,
environmental conditions, the status of each take, and
exact details of the action that occurs. By recording all
possible sources of variation, the report helps cut
down continuity error between shots or even during
reshooting.
Spec Script
– A script written before any agreement has been
entered into ("on spec" or speculation), in hopes of
selling the script to the highest bidder once it has been
completed.
Treatment
– An abridged script, it is longer than a synopsis.
It consists of a summary of each major scene of
a proposed movie and descriptions of the
significant characters and may even include
snippets of dialogue. While a complete script is
around 100 pages, a treatment is closer to 10.
Synopsis
– A summary of the major plot points and
characters of a script, generally in a page or
two.
Formatting a Screenplay
Most Hollywood films are 120 minutes long; most
European films are 90 minutes long.
Screenplay Formula
– Set-up, Exposition pages 1-30
– Plot Point I pages 25-27
– Confrontation pages 30-90
– Plot Point II pages 85-90
– Resolution pages 90-120
Formatting a Screenplay, continued
Screenwriters do not, in general, have to worry about
camera angles when writing. The directors will read the
script or screenplay and then decide how to film it.
If someone options a film, they pay the writer 5-10 percent of the
agreed upon price. If the option is picked up, then the writer
receives the rest on the first day of shooting.
More Questions for Analysis
In addition to the questions provided int eh
Fiction section, with drama you might ask
yourself:
– How do the stage/filming directions contribute
to your understanding of the work? How do
they go beyond what you would see if you were
watching the work being performed?
– How are the settings or props adding to the play
or its theme?
– How is the plot structured? Is it following the
classical structure, or has its chronology been
manipulated with flashbacks or flashforwards?
Sources
Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of
Screenwriting. New York: Dell Publishing,
1994.
Henderson, Gloria and William Day and Sandra
Waller. Literature and Ourselves. New York:
HarperCollins College Publishers, 1994.
Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall,
1999.
Internet Movie Database. http:// www.imdb.com
Niccol, Andrew. Gattaca. Dir. Andrew Niccol.
Sony Pictures, 1994.