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Post by Sparky on Jun 11, 2020 6:56:24 GMT
A couple, though sadly can't dish them out/post copies of them due to copyright reasons. I was given them to print out the pages I needed for a particular day's shooting - so we could make a ready reckoner on how a scene should look - then we could draw up an idea of what equipment we'd be needing the next day, and prep/pack the trucks accordingly. Wait? Filming ! What did you do? Are you a crew member? Only on a couple of the episodes. My Brother worked on most of S1 and S2, and (with others) built the CID office interiors.
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Post by Sparky on Jun 22, 2020 18:04:22 GMT
Hi, everyone, new to here... I have several Scripts of LOM, as it looks like some of you do. My favourite, being last episode. S2, E8. Danny Croucher's Daughter Scene cut out, was filmed, then dropped. And the ending quite different to what eventually got to the screen. I have Green Shooting Script, and several blue and pink pages. Love seeing what's missed out, or changed, some of it just as well.... 🙈🙃 Hi. Welcome to the forum.
If it's any interest, the Revision Colours are:
White (original) though is usually the writers 2nd or 3rd draft before it was submitted.
Rev 1 - Blue Rev 2 - Pink Rev 3 - Yellow Rev 4 - Green
Rev 5 - Gold
Rev 6 - Buff Rev 7 - Salmon Rev 8 - Cherry
Most people think if it goes beyond 8, the entire idea should be scrapped in the name of saving trees. Rare, but if it did go beyond 8, the sequence would start again, but with a number after it.
Blue #2 Pink #3 etc.
Stuff in the shooting script can even be left out in the final edit.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Jun 23, 2020 22:39:23 GMT
Very interesting, Sparky, thanks! I wonder what the record is
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Post by Sparky on Jun 24, 2020 7:34:58 GMT
Very interesting, Sparky, thanks! I wonder what the record is I've seen scripts with a mixture of Blue, Pink, and green pages added. Never many more. The most I think is "Green" for me.
The best I saw, was a page that had dialogue for one character done in green, another character in yellow and another in pink and then sections of the stage directions in a mixture of white and blue. It looked like something my kids brought home when they started infant school.
What amused me most was that someone - possibly a 2nd Assistant Director had sat in the production office with a pair of scissors and a glue stick to do this work of art.
With stuff like "Life on Mars" - where they use a different Director each week, and sometimes a different writer; the scripts would be nailed down water tight before the shoot begins to try to keep the rewrites down.
Though odd pages would change - depending on if a scene worked in practice or if the Writer had a better idea.
I've seen many writer/directors hoik a portable typewriter (laptop nowadays) about, and constantly re-write dialogue and scenes as they go.
It's rare these days for writers to actually show up at the Shoot too.
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Post by Legend Ashmore on Jul 2, 2020 10:47:47 GMT
Wait? Filming ! What did you do? Are you a crew member? Only on a couple of the episodes. My Brother worked on most of S1 and S2, and (with others) built the CID office interiors.
Nice! Any souvenirs?
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Post by Sparky on Jul 2, 2020 12:22:34 GMT
Only on a couple of the episodes. My Brother worked on most of S1 and S2, and (with others) built the CID office interiors.
Nice! Any souvenirs? Not a lot as there used to be really. With all this "Sustainable Production" larky, they are trying to reduce paperwork to as little as possible. Props and bits of sets are guarded like gold bullion.
Call sheets, Movement orders (directions to location), Equipment Lists, Special Requirements including your diet requirements (in case of allergies) is all done via PDFs and Email. Even scripst are emailed. If you are given any paperwork (in PDF or on paper) you are supposed to return it at the end of the day or destroy the PDF.
As for "on set" photos, that is a sacking offence - unless you have a really good reason - such as Prop Hand/Art Director for positioning items, Costume or Makeup for their jobs. Those only allowed to take photos are the Production Stills Photographer and the Continuity/Script Supervisor - and with the latter, that is to ensure characters have their watch on the correct arm, same hair, clothing - that kind of thing.
Besides, the odds and sods I did on "Life on Mars" was long before it became what it was. At the time (The Guv will stamp on my toys for this comment) it was just another job, but much more exciting than some of the tripe I had been working on around the time.
Initially, I thought they were trying to re-make the "Sweeney" so was quite skeptical about the whole thing - how wrong was I!
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