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The BreakdownA Free Workshop
For Aspiring Indie Film Producers
3/3/2014Creative Commons License
Everyone grab a packet!Speak up if you get skipped.
We’ll briefly go over the anatomy of a script page.
We’ll fill out the top strips of the Breakdown sheet as a group.
We will use your work to make a Stripboard (the Shooting Schedule)
Finally. We’ll look at how that translates to a Budget that estimates a Kickstartable number.
Then, it’s your turn to breakdown your scenes.
We’ll breakdown the first scene and discuss the elements that make up a film.
Overview
We’re going to Line Produce the 1st Act of the Indie Feature Film “The Weight of Dreams”
Screenplays & Stripboards
7Day INT
Sam’s Apartment
Characters / Actors are represented by a number
Character Heading
Sam is
Player #1
We’ve already numbered the characters. Player numbers in a minute.
Ordered from the most screen time to the least.
X7Mornin
gINT
Sam’s Studio Apartment
Pages & Fractions
7Day INT
Sam’s Apartment
4/8
4/8
Feature length screenplays are 100-140 pages
An indie crew can shoot 3-4 pages a day.
Scenes are shot out of order. So the game is to piece locations together in 3-4 page chunks
Props & Set Dressing
subway, dirty tunnelstiled walls.
beaten up backpack?
The difference between Props, Set Dressing and Wardrobe is how it’s used and who’s in charge of it.
beaten up backpack?
or is it wardrobe?
In other words. It doesn’t matter right now. Just account for everything. Everything is changeable.
Wardrobe & Makeup/Hair
beaten up backpack
grey/blue/brown business attire for every extra
sam, day #1, morning, (going to work)
sam, day #1, morning,
wardrobe/make-up not explicitly in the screenplay can be shorthanded. Day Number is a simple way to keep track.
Vehicles, Animals, Stunts & ExtrasAnd the special crew positions that make it all possible.
Commuters.
Extra ADs for Crowd ControlTrain Driver, crew
Rat wrangler
Stunt Sam
Subway Train
Big RatSam hits head on tile, slides to floor.
Small group of big wall-like men.
Special EquipmentVisual & Sound FXPost-production is still production.
Running Feet
Skin Changing color
Dolly Rig
Light shoots out of chest
Now it’s up to you. Break down your scene.
Take the next 15 minutes.
Complete your scene breakdown sheet.
Alone or with a partner. Help each other.
and get another drink!
Approach Antonio and/or Lawrence with any questions.
1. Sam
2. Travis
3. Poe
4. Sofia
5. Pierce
6. Julian/Death Defier
7. Purple Warrior
8. Orange Warrior
9. Yellow Warrior
10. Green Warrior
11. Blue Warrior
12. White Warrior
13. Red Warrior
Cheat Sheet: Character Numbers
Keep it simple. Guess. Can always add more info later.
We are Back!How’d it go?
Did everyone fill out the 2 top strips identically?
Questions? Comments?
Scheduling a shoot day
Morning
INTBookstore
X15
4/8
movies are shot out of story order
Day INTBookstore
X4 1Dusk INT
Bookstore
X1/8
Night INTBookstore
X
22
4/8
9 12/8
group by location, then time of day, then playerHours
9:00am
11:00am
6:00pm
7:00pm
31/8
Lastly, the Budget
Allow is a best guess. So guess!
Days come from the Stripboard.It’s a multiplier for Allow
Quote comes from making calls.It’s a more professional guess.
Estimated Total is the Quoteper day x number of days.
Your Kickstarter number
Thank you!
We are
Antonio Bonilla
Lawrence Whiteside
cinemasetfree.com
There are filmmakers sitting next to you. Say hello to each of them.