Slating
Shots
The Role
The Notes
WTF Jargon
100

FPS stands for this. 

Frames Per Second

100

This shot is of the FACE

Close Up (CU)

100

Do more women or more when become Script Supervisors?

WOMEN 80/20

100

NG stands for this.

Not Good

100

10-1

go to bathroom/step outside

200

We say THIS when we have to slate for a 2nd time, or 3rd, or 4th (hopefully not)

2nd Sticks/3rd Sticks/4th Sticks...

200

This shot is from the top of the head to the waist. 

Medium Shot (MS)

200

We sit next to this person all day

The Director

200

Director's favorite take/best take is.....

the CIRCLE take. 

200

JFK (dark answer)

When the director says we need another shot, after they've called the Martini aka the shot nobody saw coming

300

Typically you hear this word right before the 2nd AC claps the sticks

Mark

300
This type of ANGLE is when a camera is TILTED to the side. 

Dutch, Canted Angle

300
Before 'Script Supervisor', the role was called this. 

Script Girl or Scripty Girl

300

This is the name for a script with a bunch of lines and squiggles drawn down the script, to show the coverage of a scene. 

Lined Script

300

to Banana

walk in a curvature to better camera/lighting etc. 

400

We skip these 2 letters when we slate. 

I and O 

400

This shot is from the top of the head to the KNEES. 

Cowboy, Medium Wide Shot, Medium Long Shot

400

Name 4 types of Continuity we keep track of. 

Hair, Make Up, Wardrobe, Props, Production Design, Blocking, Spatial Continuity, Geographic Continuity, Eyelines

400

Pick up Shot. Pick up Take. What's the difference?

PU Shot - shot filmed after prin. photography that we forgot. PU Take - before moving on to new shot, Director wants to "pick it up" from another spot in the scene

400

"Baby Legs"

Smallest tripod

500

Differences between Head Slate and Tail slate

Head-before action/right side up

Tail-after cut, upside down

500

THIS TERM is an easier way to describe a shot with 3 subjects

3-shot

500

This horrible person invented the role of the Script Supervisor

DW Griffiths. 

500

Difference between Facing Pages and the Editor Logs

Facing Pages are in sequential order. Editor Log is in SHOT order. 

500

"Champagne Roll"

When we get to Roll/Card 100, we have champagne

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