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Archiving a script and completed edit
This is kind of a piggy back on a previous post that requested the functionality of a 'quick view' bar that would allow for placing files, images or videos that are not exactly tied to the scripts scenes.
To further that concept, when a project has been completed, it would be nice to be able to place a completed version of the edit at the top of the script (outside the scenes themselves) as an archiving tool.
We just completed a short promo project that was written using the Market7 script. We used a laptop on set that displayed the M7 script as a reference for Camera operators and on-screen talent.
Once the project was complete, it felt natural that to complete the archive of the promo piece, we would upload the edited version to the script.
The only problem is that to place the edited version in the script, we had to make a new scene in order to have a place to upload the video to the beginning of the script. Creating a new scene changed all the scene numbering and trickled down the through the entire script.
Not a big deal for this little promo piece, but if we had a larger script that was dependent on retaining correct scene numbers even into archiving, we could not load the edited version into a new scene up top.
We could load a new scene at the end of script, but then the completed video would be at the end of a long scroll down the page.
The perfect solution would be to have a 'Final Edit' upload somewhere at the top of a script once completed. This way, links could be sent to the script after completion, and the viewer could see the completed project (preferably in a large player at the top of the script) and then scroll down to look at scenes of the script if they like.
To further that concept, when a project has been completed, it would be nice to be able to place a completed version of the edit at the top of the script (outside the scenes themselves) as an archiving tool.
We just completed a short promo project that was written using the Market7 script. We used a laptop on set that displayed the M7 script as a reference for Camera operators and on-screen talent.
Once the project was complete, it felt natural that to complete the archive of the promo piece, we would upload the edited version to the script.
The only problem is that to place the edited version in the script, we had to make a new scene in order to have a place to upload the video to the beginning of the script. Creating a new scene changed all the scene numbering and trickled down the through the entire script.
Not a big deal for this little promo piece, but if we had a larger script that was dependent on retaining correct scene numbers even into archiving, we could not load the edited version into a new scene up top.
We could load a new scene at the end of script, but then the completed video would be at the end of a long scroll down the page.
The perfect solution would be to have a 'Final Edit' upload somewhere at the top of a script once completed. This way, links could be sent to the script after completion, and the viewer could see the completed project (preferably in a large player at the top of the script) and then scroll down to look at scenes of the script if they like.
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Inappropriate?Here is a quick Photoshop mock-up of the idea with an area added at the top of the script to allow for upload of the final edit of a completed script/project.
The above mentioned problem of the script numbering is not dealt with in the screen shot but it's easy to imaging that the "archive" clip above the script would be separate of scene numbering and would not affect the scripts scene numbers in any way.
Perhaps there is much more useful data that could be added to next to the clip but I just added a tag for who uploaded, director and producer of the project and final run time of the edit...
