How exactly does the shotlist feature work?

Question

I have finished my script and would now like to create a shotlist. I have noticed in the film script mode, the possibility to add a SHOT. however when I do this it wants to change the formatting of the entire script. I am not sure what is going on here. Does anyone already know how this feature works?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
cheers
Angus

Answer 1

> Bavo.
>
> Would supporting versioning be enough to handle your production
> workflow issue? We can implement locked pages, locked scene, colored
> pages, etc but I'm not sure if it’s a must have considering that folks
> are freewheeling more than in the past.
That might be the case but there are still plenty of 'traditional' workflows,
so if you need to conform to their way of working you'll need it.
For me it's a mix between freewheeling (can also end in a really big mess) and
more controlled traditional way of doing things (usually when money/time
situation is a little easier and depending on production company).
So maybe a feature for 2.0?
> Thanks for sharing the shotlist information:
No thanks.
> I've seen the vertical lines. they make the script really hard to read
> and I also think it is really a paper based workflow more than a
> digital workflow. However, have you seen a lot of editors use a
> physical script marked up this way?
Avid has the workflow, don't know how many really use it in that integrated
way but I do know on long form projects the editor usually asks for the
continuity notes.
> Wouldn't it be better if this
> information flowed through digitally with the files captured from
> camera, at the time of logging at the end of the day's shoot?
Yes in an ideal situation.
However, how does it work when a tool like On Location is not available?
In that case I still like the lined script metaphor...
If it's too cluttered could you not implement a feature to optionally turn
on/off the lines once you constructed the shot list?
I'm also referring to prep when a director does a shot list before the
shoot (not merely the lining traditionally done by the continuity supervisor).
I also realize that the lining method only works when your script is more
or less finished (there we go again)... So flexibility is the key :-).
> The BBC uses horizontal cut lines instead of the vertical lines used by
> scripty's. They serve the same purpose and these shots (demarcated by
> cut lines) can be exported to create a shot list and camera cards for
> each camera person.
Nice if it works for them. 
I've also seen this used where the wide shots were laid out at the bottom
and the closer shots near the top and that was supposed to correspond to
the emotional high points in the story.  Whatever works.
> You can try exporting the shot list from Story using the production-
> breakdown reports menu. Let us know how it works for you.
Will test.