Floor plan exercise.

Floor plans are schematic drawings from a bird's eye perspective of the scene.


TASK, Produce a floor plan from the script that you have been given.


1) Bracket the shooting script from this scene to show how you could 'cover' the scene.

2)Bracket each intended shot in the scene drawing a vertical line through all of the dialogue and activity that the particular shot covers.

3)Designate each lined shot with a capital letter. Starting with shot A, shot B etc. Now every shot set up has a unique shot number. Eg, scene 14 can be covered with 6 shots. 14-A, 14-B, 14-C, 14-D, 14-E, 14-F

 4)Give each shot an abbreviated shot description , eg MCU, MLS-2 Shot, etc. So, it becomes 14-A is MCU

5) Once you have a bracketed script anyone can see how you plan to cover the scene.

6) Make a drawing of the floor plan including all walls, windows and furniture and indicating the position and movements of characters.

NB: Wide shots (or establishing shots) are always taken first as they set performance levels, take most lighting resources and set lighting patterns. Closer shots will them appear to match the acting and the lighting logistics of the master shot.

Example of a script marked up for coverage.