Creative Media - Level 3 - Year 2

Script unit 19 from LukeTaylor74

Master scene script (All examples are from drama film 'Brooklyn') A master scene script is the accepted format for film production in the industry. It is purposely designed to be easy to navigate and read for producers to show potential investors, it offers both description and dialogue to make the story easy to follow and read, this means technical information is very limited in the MSS format. A master scene script must follow a few conventions to be read or considered by a commissioning editor. The font must always be courier and the size must be 12, slug lines and characters names in dialogue must be capitalised. Another convention of the master scene script is voiceover and offscreen must be abbreviated as V.O. and O.S. Footer at the bottom should say CONTINUED where a scene continues to the next page, the next page should have CONT. top left. A scene heading is known as a slugline, the slug line has three parts interior/exterior, location, time of day. These three are ...

As a writer theres a lot of things you need to do before you idea starts production. A writer has to get the 'greenlight' for their idea an script. The 'greenlight' is given by the commissioning editor who is a senior employee of broadcaster and responsible for selecting ideas for the broadcaster. To get the 'greenlight' the commissioning editor must authoritise a particular budget and approve of the plot/storyline of the writers idea. After the commissioning editor gives the 'greenlight' for production they have creative input and oversee the production. The role of a producer in the commissioning process is to oversee financial, legal and administration of the production. Producers also hire the cast, whether it be in actors/actresses in film or television or voice actors/actresses in games. An example of a producer is the gaming world is Sam Houser who is a producer on the GTA game franchise The director is responsible for taking the writers ideas...