GlossaryWhat is a stripboard?
Definition. A stripboard is a shooting schedule laid out as strips, one per scene, stacked into shoot days. Each strip shows the scene number, set, interior or exterior, day or night, length in eighths of a page and cast, and is coloured so the shape of a day is visible at a glance.
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How a stripboard is used
The 1st assistant director builds it from the breakdown. Strips are moved between days until each day is one set, one kind of light and a page count the crew can reach. Whenever the schedule changes, strips move, and the board shows the effect.
The classic board was a physical board of paper strips. Today it is software, but the idea is the same.
The colours
By convention, white is a day interior, yellow a day exterior, blue a night interior and green a night exterior. A day that mixes colours is a day that crosses between light conditions.
In Midnight Diner
The stripboard has 4 days with scenes: Day 1 is the Diner; Day 2 is the Rooftop; Day 3 is the Maya's apartment; Day 4 is the Warehouse.
Questions
Is a stripboard the same as a shooting schedule?
A stripboard is the common format of a shooting schedule: strips arranged into days. The schedule is the plan, and the stripboard is how it is drawn.
More about shooting schedule
A schedule is a labour bill. The cost of an error is paid in hours.
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