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Strip boarding

 Today we are going to talk about strip boarding. Strip boarding is another important key to filming our opening scene. Lets just get right into it.


What is strip boarding?

Strip boarding is a chart containing color coded strips each strips containing information about a shot or scene in the films script. This is also somewhat of a calendar and can help you in creating your production calendar (there will be a blog for information on production calendar). This is a very important thing to do so you can be cognizant of what's going on in each scene. It can also help you film quicker. For example, in my groups strip board we have ours color coded by location. This is a very helpful technique because it helps you make filming everything a whole lot easier. It also helps you finish off shooting locations and ensures you that you don't have to go back and forth with locations. For our opening scene we have two locations. One which may consist of one our house or just use one of our teachers classroom. We have to set the location for the run down house part. The second location is a park near my house. This park has everything we need the bathroom, the mirror inside the bathroom, and a sidewalk for us to walk on. Some parks don't have all of these but this is perfect for our opening. 

Why is strip boarding important?

Strip boarding helps you stay organized with your shots and dates. Just like a production calendar, it keeps you on track and makes everything easier to film. A strip board tells you whose in the shots/scene and where it is located. 

To sum it all up, strip boarding is an essential key to staying organized while filming. 
The chart consists of :
  • locations 
  • charcters in shot/ scene 
  • color coded scenes/ shot in same location to make filming easier

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