Script Manager
Writers · Script editors
The pages, the scenes, and what a reader says is wrong with them.
Worked example — SALLOW
Script Manager
- The script itself, editable, from the FDX
- Scenes on a board — reorder, then renumber deliberately
- Coverage and corrections tied to the scenes they concern
- FDX and PDF out; review documents as PDF only
Preparation
Line producer · 1st AD · Locations
A locked script becomes a schedule, a budget and somewhere to point the camera.
Outline only
Preparation
- Breakdown, elements and the strip board
- Locations, recces and permissions
- Budget versions against script versions
- Crew, kit and the plan for week one
Production
Producers · UPM · HoDs
The full planning platform, development through to delivery.
Crew Pay console + FPS
Production
- Crew Pay console — contracts, hours, approvals
- Invoice review, line by line against the deal
- The weekly payment run
- Through to the existing FPS build — slate, schedule, budget
