Chapter 4

Schedule

I remember thinking there were four major components to building the shooting schedule. One was location restraints. Two was actor availability. Three was scene order. Four was the individual shots within the scenes, particularly with regard to how difficult they were as camera movements or how tough they were going to be for the actors.

Howard McCain

PRODUCER (AS PRODUCTION MANAGER)

Building a Stripboard

Once the producer has dissected the script and stripped it of the essential production elements, he can create a shooting schedule. The shooting or production schedule shows the order in which scenes are to be shot during production. The schedule is the primary road map of the production and an essential factor in discovering ...

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