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Script Breakdown and Shot List
OVERVIEW
You’ve got a script, the crew are booked, and you’re ready to shoot. Hold fire – take a moment to figure out all the shots you really need and you’ll save time and money.
WHY YOU NEED A SCRIPT BREAKDOWN
One way to make a movie is to turn up, shoot like crazy and figure out the mess later in the edit, but that’s way more stressful than it needs to be. Instead, think of the movie as one big shopping list – composed of clips one after the other. You go and shoot these clips in any order you like, and as long as you know exactly the separate pieces that make up the jigsaw of your movie, you’ll be able to piece them together just as you intended. And then you know how much it will ...
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