FAVS 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Television Producer, Everytime

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Film and Video Studies
• Course: FAVS 300
• Professor: Thrasher

Document Summary

First ad is the busiest job on any set. First thing you do is you break down the script. Movie magic software is used to break down a script. Synchronize is online and will also do it. First ad works for the producer but also the director this often con icts. Ad often is go between dealing with balancing creative and budget. This is arranging the scenes into shoot days. Start arranging the scenes in a way that makes sense for going quickly. Has to plan for company moves: the time it takes to move everyone to a completely di erent location. Then you also need a plan b in case of weather or something else. Allocate time for set up, usually 2hrs from call-time to rst take. Then you work on the shot list putting them in the order that makes sense. Start with a wide-shot then get more and more coverage.