Chapter 3Script Breakdown
What Exactly Am I Producing?
The director and screenwriter have burned through countless energy drinks and have crafted a script that is taut and funny—even moving. Now it’s time for you to stock up on your own caffeinated beverage of choice and get to work on a production schedule. Note the choice of article—a schedule, not the schedule. In the course of making this project, you’ll produce many drafts of the schedule, and you may even find yourself overhauling the schedule from scratch more than once. Naturally, changes in the script will require adjustments to the schedule. That’s why you want to work from a highly polished screenplay. Warning: don’t let endless tinkering with your script serve as a convenient excuse ...
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