haha, I just get a kick out of the fact that no one wants to touch this.

OK, shooting script. First, read through the script and get a general idea of where you'll want what types of shots. Mark them on the script itself- CU on this character for line 1, 2, 5 and 6. Do this for each scene (I find scene by scene is easiest). You may have covered the same line with 3 or maybe even 4 different shots, thats fine (it'll be easier to cut when you get to post).

After you mark each angle you want on what lines for what characters etc. for the scene you're shooting on that actual script, you're going to want to make a list of those marks- essentially, you'll be condensing these angles to a list. For example, if you have CU on the same character for line 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, you're going to want to shoot that character until the scene progresses to the point where he's finished that 7th line.

ie.:

A1: WS to Character X's line "Insert line here..."
A2: CU on Character X through "insert line 7 here".
B1: MS on Character X, "insert line 4 and 5"
etc.

Once you get here you can then re-arrange your shots in order of importance. Importance meaning what you'll need to be able to cut it (if you spend two hours setting up the big dolly shot first, you may lose time and not e able to get the other shots you'll need). This may not be a problem though, it depends on the kind of shoot etc.

You might also want to rearrange the shots based on what people can be on set at certain times. This is where the director and assistant director need to talk. If the makeup artists can only be there for the first 2 hours, but you only have the dolly for that time and the makeup artists aren't needed for the dolly shot, you need to make a decision based on what is more important for you.

So when you're finished, you should have a list of shots (usually in order of importance to get done, but it will probably change the day of the shoot based on different variables- actors arriving late/early, emergencies etc.). You should also keep a regular plain script on you at all times.

I realize I may have told you have how to make a shot list, I'm guessing this is what you wanted. If you meant a "shooting script" in terms of floor plans for blocking actors etc. let me know, I've done it all. And if you don't mean that either then I'm lost. Haha!

Hope I helped, let me know!

I think you're right, airwalk. What you have here is a shot list. Maybe that's what zift wants. A "shooting script" is written the same way as a any script - you just add scene numbers. Here's an example of a shooting script with pages marked by the script supervisor: http://homepage.mac.com/directorik/PhotoAlbum9.html

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Thanks a lot, Cert! That's really helpful!