Notes Pre-poduction (2-2-10)

Preproduction>

• Idea,
• Proposal,
• Treatment: story, a synopsis, a blueprint, events are explained
• Script: screen play format is used for writing this
• Draft 1 & 2,
• Storyboard

Screenplay format: Action, Character, Dialog, Parenthetical, Transition, Shot, Text, Scene Heading (int. =inside, or ext.= outside)

• Scene: location (int. or ext.
• Sequence:
• Shots: indicated by ws (wide shot), close shot etc.
• Transitions: how we get from one scene to another
• Cuts:

The first scene is supposed to introduce who, what, where, why and when