imran qureshi Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 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.. 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 18, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted June 18, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imran qureshi Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 18, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted June 18, 2022 That’s traditional in the UK, they start with “1” for the first set-up and keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (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 June 19, 2022 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted June 19, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted June 19, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyryll Sobolev Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 it is episode/scene, slate, take here's a high slate number from years ago, when i was a 2nd AC on a british show which did some shooting in toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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