BSA 131 (Digital Filmmaking I) Week 5 : AV Scripts

This week we had to produce AV scripts for the drama sequences that will precede our music videos. An AV script stand for Audio/Visual script, something that is used frequently in music videos and for television. It's difference to a normal screenplay as it splits up the visual and aural elements, one side of the page contains everything we see (cinematography, acting and special effects) and the other represents everything that can be heard (music, dialogue and sound effects). The big rule that it breaks is that the shot type precedes the visuals, something that you usually see in a shooting script.

Below is the AV script I did for my drama sequence, I've annotated it to highlight mistakes I've made:

The mistakes I made were mostly related to formatting:

- The shot descriptions should be in all capital letters, just having them bold is not the correct formatting.

- Extra descriptors (like "shallows focus" and "handheld") are not always needed. If they are included they should be placed between brackets after the shot type and before the colon, not all capital. Example: CLOSE-UP (Low Angle): Objects litter the floor.

- Using personal pronouns, in the script I made the mistake of saying "We hear the sound of...". This is unacceptable and something that has become a bad habit for me. 

Below is the edited version: