Digital Filmmaking (Digital Filmmaker Series) by Pete Shaner

Author:Pete Shaner [Shaner, Pete]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mercury Learning and Information
Published: 2011-05-13T21:00:00+00:00

But what if you’re shooting separate sound and you don’t have a slate? All you have to do is clap your hands. As we’ll see in the chapter on editing, the sharp noise of the clap can be used to synchronize your sound just as easily as the clack of a slate.

Script notes

In addition to uniquely identifying each take by slating it, you should keep a written record of how many takes and angles you use to cover each scene. These written records are called script notes, and on a Hollywood set, there’s a person called the script supervisor whose sole job is to make those notes.

A script supervisor takes notes directly on a copy of the script using a kind of shorthand (see Figure 7.10).

These notes are then given to the editor to let her know exactly how many takes and angles were filmed (and which takes the director preferred).

TECHIE’S TIP

On set, when the director likes a certain take, the script supervisor will draw a circle around the number of that take. These takes are called circle takes, and they’re the first ones an editor considers when assembling the movie.

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