Basic Production, Continued
Script
The script is the producer’s blueprint. It is a working plan used to translate
ideas into audiovisual productions. Script are necessary regardless of the
length or apparent simplicity of a production. The time and money they save
are worth the extra effort to create them. Scripts follow a planned pattern
beginning with an original idea for a scenario and ending with a word
diagram. A script contains more than the spoken dialogue; it also contains
the proposed production treatment (media), the action outline, the shot
breakdown, and the shooting order. In short, scripts should contain all
information required to complete the project, including scene locations,
costumes, camera set-ups, lighting requirements, props, and special
photographic and sound effects.
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