A shooting script is the detailed plan for a proposed film. Sometimes called a “shot list,” it consists of a description of each shot to be incorporated into the picture.
Though largely supplanted by the master scene script (see Chapter 13) where the writing of feature films is concerned, the shooting script remains more or less standard in the fact film field. In effect an instruction sheet for technical people and talent, it tells the actors what to say and do; the crew, what to take pictures of. In major measure, it determines what the audience will see when they view the finished film.
Because these things are so, the shooting script should at all costs avoid (a) pictures which confuse the audience, and (b) instructions ...
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