9 Camera scripts, camera cards etc. and creating them in MS Word (with a note on Autocue)
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Roger Singleton-Turner
Abstract
This chapter contains information about camera scripts (studio shooting scripts). It also tells how to create a professional-looking script with MS Word Tables, whilst assuming very little or no experience of working with tables. The camera script is the 'bible' of a multi-camera production. It is like the orchestral score in a concert performance: it's also the primary source of information in the studio giving instructions for each moment of a rehearsal or recording session and is relevant for each member of the crew and cast (or presenting team and guests). Each camera will need a set of camera cards giving shot information for that particular camera. Companies like Granada and the BBC developed their own softwares for creating camera scripts.
Abstract
This chapter contains information about camera scripts (studio shooting scripts). It also tells how to create a professional-looking script with MS Word Tables, whilst assuming very little or no experience of working with tables. The camera script is the 'bible' of a multi-camera production. It is like the orchestral score in a concert performance: it's also the primary source of information in the studio giving instructions for each moment of a rehearsal or recording session and is relevant for each member of the crew and cast (or presenting team and guests). Each camera will need a set of camera cards giving shot information for that particular camera. Companies like Granada and the BBC developed their own softwares for creating camera scripts.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations xi
- List of tables xvii
- Preface xix
- Acknowledgements xxi
- List of abbreviations xxiii
- 1 Introduction xxvii
- Part I: Safety and Good Practice 1
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PART II: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDIO
- 2 Basics 19
- 3 Working with cameras 29
- 4 Lenses and shooting conventions 49
- 5 The studio production team 62
- 6 Technical jobs in the studio 81
- 7 Design and sets 103
- 8 The job of Script Supervisor and multi-camera paperwork 120
- 9 Camera scripts, camera cards etc. and creating them in MS Word (with a note on Autocue) 134
- 10 In the studio 160
- 11 Lighting for video cameras 172
- 12 Microphones and sound 199
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PART III: CONTENT
- 13 Interviews, discussion and chat 217
- 14 Demonstrations and movement 251
- 15 Having ideas 265
- Part IV: Applying the Principles 287
- 16 Getting it all together 293
- 17 Drama 325
- 18 Music 367
- 19 Shooting action 387
- 20 Afterword 398
- Appendix I 400
- Appendix II 408
- Select videography 412
- Bibliography and references 428
- Suggested further reading 433
- Index 434
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations xi
- List of tables xvii
- Preface xix
- Acknowledgements xxi
- List of abbreviations xxiii
- 1 Introduction xxvii
- Part I: Safety and Good Practice 1
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PART II: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDIO
- 2 Basics 19
- 3 Working with cameras 29
- 4 Lenses and shooting conventions 49
- 5 The studio production team 62
- 6 Technical jobs in the studio 81
- 7 Design and sets 103
- 8 The job of Script Supervisor and multi-camera paperwork 120
- 9 Camera scripts, camera cards etc. and creating them in MS Word (with a note on Autocue) 134
- 10 In the studio 160
- 11 Lighting for video cameras 172
- 12 Microphones and sound 199
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PART III: CONTENT
- 13 Interviews, discussion and chat 217
- 14 Demonstrations and movement 251
- 15 Having ideas 265
- Part IV: Applying the Principles 287
- 16 Getting it all together 293
- 17 Drama 325
- 18 Music 367
- 19 Shooting action 387
- 20 Afterword 398
- Appendix I 400
- Appendix II 408
- Select videography 412
- Bibliography and references 428
- Suggested further reading 433
- Index 434
