Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

I was looking at BTS pictures from a British tv show I really enjoyed (‘This Is Going To Hurt’ by Lucy Forbes) and I couldn't understand the slates.

I am used to using ‘Scene, Slate, Take’ in Britain but also am familiar with the lettering that US productions do but have not see
n this method before..

14EDA289-1D9A-4E56-A4F5-493D44572A96.jpeg.a2392f2f7bba242254cd9ea48decd682.jpeg

 

2AD4F270-AABF-471E-9851-CBC9695D1E60.thumb.jpeg.0e29f1e7a4e4f047326f8c1b26e1c9e9.jpeg

 

Scene is written like a fraction, the slate has a very high number on it such as 912 etc.

 

could someone please enlighten me?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

  • Premium Member
Posted

I’m guessing the fraction is the scene number over the set-up number for that scene, then the larger number is the total set-up number at that point?

But if that were true then both slates were for Scene 1 in the script… plus one slate is March 3 and the other is April 17, which has the 1/1 so my guess can’t be right…

Maybe it’s a series so the 1 above is the episode number and the number below is the scene number?

Posted
18 minutes ago, David Mullen ASC said:

I’m guessing the fraction is the scene number over the set-up number for that scene, then the larger number is the total set-up number at that point?

But if that were true then both slates were for Scene 1 in the script… plus one slate is March 3 and the other is April 17, which has the 1/1 so my guess can’t be right…

Maybe it’s a series so the 1 above is the episode number and the number below is the scene number?

Thanks David.

 

It is a mini series with 7 eps so think that ep/scene is plausible but not sure what the slate number would be referring to ?

Posted (edited)
9 hours ago, David Mullen ASC said:

Maybe it’s a series so the 1 above is the episode number and the number below is the scene number?

Yes.

I've correlated stills with the call sheet on my last show and the fractions match- episode/scene number.

"Take" is just that, the take number for the setup.

("Ipcress File". The scene with the Steenbeck was cut?)

Edited by Mark Dunn
  • Premium Member
Posted

Also, go Ben Spence! It must have been fifteen or twenty years ago when I was shooting a music video in central London he turned up with his Glidecam. Fantastic work and a very nice guy.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...