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responsibilities
- prim. liaison between director & editor
continuity
- notes about details for continuity (props, blocking, etc.)
- for every take: duration of the take (stopwatch)
- daily editor log:
- action of the take
- position of main actor(s)
- screen direction of their movement
- important actions performed during shot
- type of lens used
- etc.
- director's comments
- take no good / "hold take" (ok, but not perfect) / "print take" (good)
- e.g. circle good, asterisk for best
- (separate notes if multiple cameras)
axis & eyelines
- determine axis
- help set camera and off camera eyelines
slating
- interact with 2nd AC and prod. sound mixer
- each take has consistent & meaningful slate, sound and picture slates match
- note sound roll of each sync take and slate of all MOS takes
script
- keep most current version of shooting script
- note changes from the script by actors, director, etc. during filming
- if significant changes: provide them to AD's team
- lined script: draw vertical lines during shooting
- start and stop of setup, shot description, dialogue on camera
production reports
- daily production report - end of each shooting day - for the production team
- log of times shooting and breaks started and stopped
- breakdown of pages, scenes, scenes, minutes shot that day
- same for previous day, total script, amounts remaining to be done
- number of scenes covered (completely shot)
- number of retakes (when a scene has to be reshot)
- number of wild tracks (separate audio)
- official timekeeper
editor's notes
- compile continuity logs for the day's shooting
- relevant lined script pages for the scenes shot that day
log of all shots:
- shot number(s) as seen on script
- actual slated shot number(s)
- comments by director / DP
- continuity info
- incl. digital still ref.s
- tape / reel #
- camera settings
- date, time
- production statisctics
- etc.
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