Pre-stop time
The pre- stop time is a film production process used to determine the approximate length of the finished film before filming begins.
Procedure
To do this, you read the dialogues of the script while the stopwatch is running and play the scenes . On the basis of the stopped time, it is possible to calculate how long the individual sequences and thus the entire film will approximately last. The producer needs the pre-stop time in order to be able to estimate the number of days of shooting and the costs of the production. This activity is part and task of continuity.
If, when pre-stopping the script, it is found that the specified film length has been exceeded, shortening the script can prevent unnecessarily much material from being shot that would have to be cut out later. If, on the other hand, it turns out that the film would be too short, sequences can be designed and told in more detail or additional scenes can be written.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production planning 15.1; 15.2 and 15.5 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Georg Bonhoeffer: Production management for film and television - 2nd edition: What is it? How does it work? Can I (maybe) do that too? Buch & Netz, Virtual Management Services AG, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86850-718-8 , p. 39 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
