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156 Chapter Eleven: Script Presentation Topics in This Chapter ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ The importance of uniform script presentation The cover sheet Setting out each script page Noting technical information on the script The Importance of Uniform Script Presentation Most writers have their own methods for putting the first draft of a script on paper. For the finished script, however, all writers on a project must adopt a standard presentation that makes reading and handling the script as practical as possible for everyone using it. This includes the reviewers, the director, the actors, the audio technician, and the people writing support materials. The following pages describe a standard layout for radio scripts which is simple, practical, and economical. The Cover Sheet The next page shows the components that should be included on the cover sheet or front page of every Enter-Educate radio script. The following list describes each component and the reasons for its inclusion. ❶ The series title immediately informs anyone picking up the script to which series it belongs. ❷ Program number and topic. This is vital information for anyone using the script. ❸ • The director needs to be sure that the recording tape is “slated" (identified) with the program number so that the radio station will play the correct tape on the given day. • The actors need to know that they have the script that matches their recording timetable. • The reviewers need to be sure that the script number and topic match what is in the Writer’s Brief. • People maintaining the project records or consulting its archives need to be able to identify each program’s number and topic at a glance. (The number of programs in the series will have been determined during the Design Workshop prior to the commencement of script writing.) Date. This is the date on which that particular version of the script was written.
Chapter Eleven: Script Presentation 157 ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ The draft or final identifier is of paramount importance to the director, who must be sure that the script that comes to the studio for production is the final, approved version and not an earlier draft. Duration. If every episode in a series is the same length, noting the program’s duration on every script may seem unnecessary. Once the script is placed in the archives, however, it will let people consulting the script know immediately the intended length of the program. Writer’s name. This is an acknowledgment of the writer’s creativity. In addition, it lets project staff know at a glance to whom to return the script for alteration or revisions. Program objectives and purposes. This is important to: • The director and actors, who can better interpret the script if they understand what it is trying to achieve; and • The reviewers, who can better evaluate the script if they know its aims. Reviewers should have a copy of the Writer’s Brief against which to check the content and expression of the message of each program. ❽ Cast of characters. This saves the director from going through the whole script to find out which actors need copies of the script and who should be called for rehearsal. It also eliminates the risk of overlooking a needed actor. ❾ Music and FX (sound effects). These are listed in the order in which they occur in the script. Some directors like writers to include the page and line number of each FX or music cue so that they can be checked quickly prior to production. This information helps the audio director and the studio technician who must prepare the sound effects and musical interludes. It is especially valuable when the director is using “edit-free"production (more information on edit-free production is included in the companion volume to this book, Radio Serial Drama for Social Development: A Program Manager’s Guide, which mandates that all music and FX be prepared in advance and inserted as the program is recorded. All this information should be supplied on the cover sheet by the writer, who must ensure that the information is accurate. Some writers like to save time by preparing cover sheets for all of a serial’s episodes at the outset of the project. This can be done easily if the writer is working from a detailed Writer’s Brief. These prepared cover sheets include everything except the cast list and the MUSIC/FX list. These the writer adds as each script is completed. 11
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