Scripts

Multi-Camera scripts are different from normal scripts. They differ as they appear to be halved down the middle; visual commands on the left, and audio commands on the right.
Things included in the script are the shot number, camera shot, camera that is online, audio stings, dialogue, cut lines, advert breaks.

Scripts are important for 6 main reasons:

- To know where we are in the production. If for any reason the production needs to stop to solve a problem, then we can pick up from where we left off, and the script makes sure everyone knows where we are picking up from.

- It helps specify camera shots. This helps the camera operators to know what is expected of them and to know what sort of shots they need to be creating.

- Timings. Having a script with all the timings on it makes sure everyone knows how long they have for each section. It informs everyone of the program duration, duration of inserts, and for our production, it helps us to know how long each round is and how long the host has to banter with the contestants.

- Dialogue. Scripts inform the crew of questions and answers, intro, outro, ad lib. This helps to keep the timings right and tells the crew when the advert breaks are.

- The script also tells the vision mixer and Director when the next shot needs to be cut. On the script there are cut lines that look like this: ______________/
The forward slash indicates when the production needs to be cut.

- The script also tells the crew about every scripted audio and video source, when they need to be played, and the duration.