Scheduling for Film and TV / Demystifying schedules
- Script breakdown
- Step by step of how to breakdown a script ie what to identify in a scene
- Data Entry and different programs available, including pen and paper option.
- Script amendments and how it can effect your schedule. Explain A,B scenes, Locked pages, coloured pages.
- Scheduling
- What it looks like
- Where to start
- Variables to consider
- Schedule reports. What you get out of a schedule.
- Show samples of different reports commonly used. Eg Day out of days, full schedules, strip schedules, block schedules.
- Practical exercises in script breakdown and scheduling with sample script
- Call sheets
- Different formats for different types of shows but basically the same information in different formats.
- Protocol and formatting
- CREW models – discuss big budget vs independent models (eg. Fat Pizza)
- Rules and regulations and where to find them
- MEAA, SPA, OCG, RSPCA, NSW Health
- How it effects your schedule
- Safety
- safety reports, risk assessments and inductions
- mental health
- Reporting back to the office
- Familiarize with standard production reports – 2nd AD reports, DPR, cast sign outs, incident reports.