I discovered your channel recently while preparing for my first script supervising job and I must say that you have been a huge help in order to do my best job, thank you so much for creating this channel and uploading all these videos which are perfectly explained.
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me. I love to get comments like these because I know where they’re helping people.. let me know if there’s something you’re struggling with.
Hello! First of all, I love you so much! Secondly, I think a video about the European and British methods would be very useful! We always have long discussions on set about how to slate, no matter if the staff is experienced or not, and I always second guess myself. An example is when the camera crew told me that, for european slating, you don't have to move scene letters in front of the scene numbers. And I hope I will NEVER have to work with the British slating lol. Thank you so much for everything you do!
Oh Stefan, you'r so sweet! I'm so glad your finding the videos helpful and thank you for letting me know. As far as a video on the British and European method, I've only ever used the American method. But ScriptE does have a toggle that you can switch to any of those three methods. Because of your question I will be doing some research on the other methods and I'll do a video showing this for the ScriptE program. Even if you don't use the ScriptE program I'll show you how it works and what it looks like and hopefully some insight as to why it's done this way. Stay tuned for that one because I'm still researching it.
This was great - thanks! I actually had to redo my shot list to get rid of I, O, Q, S, and Z. When I was originally making the shot list, I thought about how the "I" might look like a 1, so I added crossbars at the top and bottom. I also made my "O" really round, my "S" really curvy, and my "Z" really angular. I didn't know these letters were omitted until I watched your video today. It makes perfect sense!
Thank you for the video!! I have a question about the relevance of slating with today's technology. On one set, I had a crew who wasn't concerned about getting the slate in on every take. When questioned they responded saying that the information is embedded in the take information anyway so slating is not as necessary. I'm not in the know on whether or not information can be extracted like that in post, but I'm inclined to think there is a place for slating otherwise why would we still do it? How can I argue for the importance of getting the slate in?
Ask him this...If he/she is putting in the metadata, what if he/she gets the slate wrong? What if you decide to change the slate and they think your still on the last slate and just change the take number? This is a safe check for you the camera department and sound to verify your all on the same page. Not to mention the editor! I've been on many professional sets and have had several conversations about the slate not being in the shot, the slate being wrong, etc. I've had sound mixers on more than one occasion comment in my headset, they have the wrong slate up"! Or I thought we were on slate XXXX. If they give you a hard time, call the editor. Tell them what is happening and ask them to help you educate this inexperienced camera assistant. Bottom line, it's inexperience and laziness for not following set procedures.
Scriptimonica I seek your undying wisdom. I secured my first feature script supervision job. I have Scripti'd some small short films and paid gigs swell as endless student films. However this one being big I stepped my game up to a new laptop to invest in my future and got ScriptE.... The program is daunting trying to truly understand workflow for being an efficient Script Sup. Would you recommend anything regarding if I should try and use that even if I feel uneasy? To clarify, I can do my job and shot log on my laptop with my table and script pulled up and follow, however would that seem improper or possibly amateurish for a feature film set? I feel I am effective with what I would do with pen and paper just digitally, but also understand this is a different ball game. If I should try and cram for ScriptE ,any tips to getting the hang of it or techniques to learn such an advanced program coming from traditional pen and paper? Sorry for the long winded questions. I greatly appreciate you as your videos are gospel. Thank you in advance
This is such a great question and I just created a video dedicated just for you. I was going to answer it here but this is a question that I know many other people have so thank you for asking it. I will be posting it today so you can watch it when you get a chance.
I discovered your channel recently while preparing for my first script supervising job and I must say that you have been a huge help in order to do my best job, thank you so much for creating this channel and uploading all these videos which are perfectly explained.
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me. I love to get comments like these because I know where they’re helping people.. let me know if there’s something you’re struggling with.
Hello!
First of all, I love you so much!
Secondly, I think a video about the European and British methods would be very useful! We always have long discussions on set about how to slate, no matter if the staff is experienced or not, and I always second guess myself. An example is when the camera crew told me that, for european slating, you don't have to move scene letters in front of the scene numbers. And I hope I will NEVER have to work with the British slating lol.
Thank you so much for everything you do!
Oh Stefan, you'r so sweet! I'm so glad your finding the videos helpful and thank you for letting me know. As far as a video on the British and European method, I've only ever used the American method. But ScriptE does have a toggle that you can switch to any of those three methods. Because of your question I will be doing some research on the other methods and I'll do a video showing this for the ScriptE program. Even if you don't use the ScriptE program I'll show you how it works and what it looks like and hopefully some insight as to why it's done this way. Stay tuned for that one because I'm still researching it.
This was great - thanks! I actually had to redo my shot list to get rid of I, O, Q, S, and Z. When I was originally making the shot list, I thought about how the "I" might look like a 1, so I added crossbars at the top and bottom. I also made my "O" really round, my "S" really curvy, and my "Z" really angular. I didn't know these letters were omitted until I watched your video today. It makes perfect sense!
@@The99PercentMoviebyCherie that’s awesome! I love getting emails like this bravo!
Thank you for the video!!
I have a question about the relevance of slating with today's technology. On one set, I had a crew who wasn't concerned about getting the slate in on every take. When questioned they responded saying that the information is embedded in the take information anyway so slating is not as necessary. I'm not in the know on whether or not information can be extracted like that in post, but I'm inclined to think there is a place for slating otherwise why would we still do it?
How can I argue for the importance of getting the slate in?
Ask him this...If he/she is putting in the metadata, what if he/she gets the slate wrong? What if you decide to change the slate and they think your still on the last slate and just change the take number? This is a safe check for you the camera department and sound to verify your all on the same page. Not to mention the editor! I've been on many professional sets and have had several conversations about the slate not being in the shot, the slate being wrong, etc. I've had sound mixers on more than one occasion comment in my headset, they have the wrong slate up"! Or I thought we were on slate XXXX. If they give you a hard time, call the editor. Tell them what is happening and ask them to help you educate this inexperienced camera assistant. Bottom line, it's inexperience and laziness for not following set procedures.
@@scriptimonicaonset Ahhh, okay yes that makes sense. I'll communicate that next time I run into this. Thank you for taking the time to explain!
Scriptimonica I seek your undying wisdom. I secured my first feature script supervision job. I have Scripti'd some small short films and paid gigs swell as endless student films. However this one being big I stepped my game up to a new laptop to invest in my future and got ScriptE.... The program is daunting trying to truly understand workflow for being an efficient Script Sup. Would you recommend anything regarding if I should try and use that even if I feel uneasy? To clarify, I can do my job and shot log on my laptop with my table and script pulled up and follow, however would that seem improper or possibly amateurish for a feature film set? I feel I am effective with what I would do with pen and paper just digitally, but also understand this is a different ball game. If I should try and cram for ScriptE ,any tips to getting the hang of it or techniques to learn such an advanced program coming from traditional pen and paper? Sorry for the long winded questions. I greatly appreciate you as your videos are gospel. Thank you in advance
This is such a great question and I just created a video dedicated just for you. I was going to answer it here but this is a question that I know many other people have so thank you for asking it. I will be posting it today so you can watch it when you get a chance.