Indeed! 1/8th of a page: Atlanta burns may be the best example ever of eighths deceiving the scheduler. I’ve had 1/8ths of a page: The zombies come out from all points of entry, moving slowly and groaning. Several hit the floor and are trampled by their peers.  That took over half a day to shoot. The zombies alone were 2 hours + in makeup because several of them showed up late despite the pre-call. And then the stunt guy had a hard time with the falling zombies, who kept accidentally knocking over non-falling zombies and the director didn’t like it. Huge choreography, stunts, and special effects WILL make 1/8th of a page seem like 5 pages at times.  For this script however, it’s a drama. Dialog. With a lot of natural lighting. And hardly any background. It’ll be a nice respite ;)

Indeed! 1/8th of a page: Atlanta burns may be the best example ever of eighths deceiving the scheduler. I’ve had 1/8ths of a page: The zombies come out from all points of entry, moving slowly and groaning. Several hit the floor and are trampled by their peers. 

That took over half a day to shoot. The zombies alone were 2 hours + in makeup because several of them showed up late despite the pre-call. And then the stunt guy had a hard time with the falling zombies, who kept accidentally knocking over non-falling zombies and the director didn’t like it. Huge choreography, stunts, and special effects WILL make 1/8th of a page seem like 5 pages at times. 

For this script however, it’s a drama. Dialog. With a lot of natural lighting. And hardly any background.

It’ll be a nice respite ;)

26 January 7
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Notes

  1. robbinsfilm said: Dancing always takes an ungodly long time. I have a 3/8 page take about 16 hours because it was a dancing scene with playback, water effects and intense choreography. I thought it was going to be an easy day I died a little inside that night.
  2. lifeandtimesofafilmmaker said: Not on pure drama pages. When it’s just them looking out the window or sleeping in bed. No action but laying on a bed? Let’s shoot this shit and break for lunch.
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