Step Outlines

Here on the left is a photograph of our step outlines.
The step outlines are short summaries of each scene, something we will take when doing our filming to help the director along.

Each step outline included the following ;

Slugline -Using the abbreviation ‘Int.’ or ‘Ext.’ to show internal or external locations.Including a short one sentence factual description of the location. Include an indicate of the time of day/night, for example with ‘Day’

Endpoint of the last scene - A one sentence summary of where the action left off in the previous scene
Characters involved in the scene - a list of the character names

Point of scene - a sentence to explain what the audience is meant to learn or understand about people, places, themes etc in this scene

Scene description -
1. A scene is determined by the ending of a time or location – for example a cut to another place, or when someone walks from one room to another is classed as a ‘scene’.
2. Describe the setting and what goes on in it.
3. As it is a description of action and should not contain dialogue – where characters speak, it should be explained what they say or talk about, not scripted.
4. You can explain particular camera shots, transitions etc, but this may not be necessary at this stage..