Foundations Course - Virtual
This is the Virtual At-Your-Own-Pace Foundations Course
This course was recorded in April, 2020. By registering for this course, you will be provided access to the recorded course videos and additional resources. You will have 30 days to access the videos and files.
By registering in this course, you will learn the foundation of the Script Supervisor's role. This class is great for beginners and those who have tried the position on a few productions under their belt, but are looking to solidify their skill set. This class will focus on the traditional pen&paper method with digital aspects peppered in.
Topics will include:
Record Keeping
- Understanding how to breakdown the Day/Night and Page Counts
- Dissecting the continuity of a script
- Ins and Outs of the Daily Report, Editorial Log, Progress Reports, Facing Pages, and Lining the Script
- Best Practices for organizing continuity photos, acting proactively to avoid continuity issues, and handling the set.
Creative Aspects
- Thinking like an editor to maintain continuity from take-to-take and from scene-to-scene
- Diving deeper into what continuity means -- much more than which actor's hand was holding the coffee mug.
- Common mistakes that happen and how to collaborate with a solution-focused mindset.
- Matching action, movements, and challenging hair, makeup, props and/or wardrobe scenes -- think blood on clothing or black eyes.
Technical Aspects
- Blocking
- That pesky 180 Degree Rule
- Eyelines
- Basic understandings of Multiple Cameras
Because this is a foundation class, we will primarily focus on the film side of script supervising. There will be compare/contrast nuggets regarding television and commercials.
This will be training for the US methods for slating and set protocols.