The Preproduction Process, Part 1: 1st A.D. Duties & Script Breakdown in Celtx

This video shows the basics of preproduction on behalf of the 1st A.D. Included is the process of script breakdown and scheduling a script within the desktop software, Celtx.

[@kwenalepang1524]

MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU MASSEVLY IN UR CAREER ND BUSSINESS

[@reneegarciafilmmaker]

God bless you for doing this! I never went to film school and I am on another gig as a 1st AD all because of this. Thank you for taking this time to do this, it is so appreciated!!!!

[@chinfat]

Awesome. Thanks for the feedback.

[@simongrindell8483]

Oh my god, this is immensely useful. I am deeply in your debt.

[@tariqalexanderwaheed476]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH CHANNING!!! Thanks for giving us that advise from someone how actually works in the industry ! Keep it coming Greeting from Hannover, Germany

[@NN-xf3dy]

Great video thank you for taking the time to share this! : )

[@SauravSapkota]

Amazing tutorial so fluent and clear.

[@kwenalepang1524]

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[@satishgoda]

Thank you very much for sharing this detailed breakdown.

[@MorganWelborn]

Thank you for this tutorial, it was extremely helpful!

[@isabellanicolas]

Very good at explaining the process. Thank you!

[@Kineticfilm]

Great tutorial. Thanks for putting this out.

[@ShowCat1]

So VERY helpful! Thanks.

[@stephenfoster5318]

Thank you soooooo much I am getting help from you with refreshing my memory from the courses I did & I'm about to shoot in 5 days (a bit nervous but loving it) thanks to you

[@Julietdjones]

How did your shoot go?

[@HoltHamiltonFilms]

Thanks for doing this. Very helpful!!

[@YuriyWhite]

You told more, then I've heard during the 4 years in Cinema University. Good luck!

[@chinfat]

Sad to hear this. This is all the stuff that I teach at our college.

[@YuriyWhite]

I understand the main differ between our educational systems. In our Institute (in Ukraine) we did an accent on "art of cinema", but didn't make a lot of practice ( Cinema without practice is impossible.

[@chinfat]

Agreed. It seems that colleges either concentrate on either the artistic side or the technical side. I work for a 2-year institution, so we have chosen to concentrate on the technical side of things. A good 4-year will combine the 2 sides.

[@YuriyWhite]

Maybe you are right. May I ask your contact in Facebook or an e-mail? We are making a programm "Behind the scene" for young filmmakers and of course I have a bunch of ideas )

[@chinfat]

[e-mail]

[@TomStedham]

Excellent video!

[@MissPlease88]

Awesome ! CELTX is fantastic. I got the desktop version years ago and it was free back then. :)

[@gonzalobenavides9347]

Wimmer me recomendó tu canal. Está muy bueno, Saludos desde Perú 🇵🇪

[@chinfat]

Gracias.

[@northsidesaint5228]

Excellent stuff , thank you 🦾

[@ThePopovLink]

Great videos!!! Thank you!!!

[@redinbernado8081]

BEAUTIFUL TUTORIAL

[@tirzaharose2257]

Thank You for your reply!

[@vivecalovett937]

very helpful...Thank you!

[@Malonso24]

amazing! Thank you, for real! :)

[@James_Bowie]

Such a laborious and tedious task. Imagine doing it pre-computers and printers and photocopiers using typewriters and duplicating machines.

[@satishgoda]

Lots of post-its, paper, markers, pencils and revisions of the script. I am glad tools like these exist now.

[@cheesecakecartel5022]

This is super dope

[@bfnchannel3452]

@chinfat Very helpful tutorial, thank you so much for sharing this video with us.

[@curtistootell7380]

Thanks for the video :)

[@davidgray2805]

Good stuff!

[@romeorout5358]

Hey brother thank you so much its so helpful fr me..

[@sizzurp6611]

Wimmer me trajo aquí, saludos Chinfat ❤️

[@hernanhurtado4258]

Thanks a lot. 🤘🏻🎬

[@anju04aa]

Very informative….

[@ElMassri4films]

Helpfull Thanks

[@bibhusanbasnet7085]

Is it possible to give different descriptions to the same Character/Prop in different scenes?

[@Readyrobby]

I have the free software. I can go to my finished script under "Type Set/PDF", and easily transform it to a PDF. However, when I try to do this with anything else, I can note that my Adobe PDF trial has run out. The obvious answer to pay what Adobe wants, however I was perplexed that I can use it on my script, but not on my other items in Celtx. Is there a way I can do that? I've already gone to "Print" and done everything I need to, however I keep getting the same message from Adobe. Thanks for the video.

[@tirzaharose2257]

Thank you for taking the time to do this! However, I have a PC and I can't seem to save the individual reports as a PDF. Any suggestions? Thank you!

[@chinfat]

+Tirzah Arose The only way (that I know of) you can do a PDF on a PC is to install Adobe Acrobat Professional. If you subscribe to the Adobe Creative Cloud, you have access to the software.

[@feriel3956]

Hi can someone tell me which version of Celtx this is? Is the one from the app store or the free one from 10 years ago ? thx

[@MPA188]

Best tutor in post area. Just quick question, is there any way you can shift around those scheduled scenes in calendar section because you might change your idea after you drop the scenes into the calendar during scheduling. Thanks

[@chinfat]

+Richard Li Absolutely. Once they are scheduled you can simply grab the scenes on the calendar and drag them to a different day and time.

[@MPA188]

+chinfat Thanks, it works for me now, somehow it didn't before. The only drawback I can see is its call sheet, there is no section for cast call time, only crew call on the top.

[@KushagraaDubeyy]

The lists keeps on modifying on its own, most of the times it displaces a couple of elements marked earlier.

[@stephenfoster5318]

It's going well, last two days left

[@TommyChase]

Thank you for this - it's great! Have you tried Adobe Story? It seems to have similar features and it's free.

[@chinfat]

+Tommy Chase Yes. I tried it and couldn't quite figure out how to open its full functionality. Adobe does not offer much support for that software. I even tried to contact their tech support with some questions and they did not know who to direct me to.

[@Julietdjones]

I've been using Writerduet - the basic is free or you can purchase and have more options. I can't afford First Draft and Celtix claims to be free, but all I got was a 30 day trial and all my work in those 30 days would have been if I hadn't copied and pasted my work into Word as a backup. If I purchase either Celtix or Final Draft my work will reappear but, for now, it's out of my budget. I really like writerduet though and it has some great features

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Holy CRap!!! I know that guy!!!! (I randomly clicked on this...)

[@chinfat]

What? I have never heard of an Yelernor Balkalkvla!!!! lol

[@gabrielgertino9983]

At 6:52 you mention that the revised script has to be printed out on blue paper I was wondering why that is?

[@chinfat]

Every time changes are made to the script (one shooting has started. The "sides" for the scenes being shot are distributed to cast and crew. They need to have the updated pages with changes. Every time there are changes, they update to a new color. It's ensure that you have the updated pages and not an earlier version of the script.

[@gabrielgertino9983]

@@chinfat thank you for the info!

[@Taveren]

What about a really quick flashback the kind of flashback thatashback it's less than a few frames that's merely a single shot how would you label that would it count as its own scene or would it be a sub scene, If the shot before the flashback was scene 2 what would the Flashback be, would it be 2A or would it be 3

[@chinfat]

There are a few ways of doing that. But normally (especially if the flashback is in a different location) that would be three different scene headings. So Scene #2 would be INT. TED"S BEDROOM -NIGHT. Then Scene #3 would be EXT. PARK - DAY FLASHBACK (Flashback is often added to the scene heading, then at the end of the scene in the description would be END FLASHBACK). Then Scene #4 would be INT. TED'S BEDROOM again. About the only time a scene becomes something like 2A is when the script has been locked, scheduled, and shooting has begun. At that point the scene numbers are locked. Say the director wishes to add a scene between Scene 2 and Scene 3 (maybe an establishing shot of the house). That scene would become Scene 2A. That way it does not change the scene numbering for all the other scenes that have already been scheduled.

[@James_Bowie]

Can't Celtx compute eighths automatically?

[@chinfat]

This is the older software, which does not calculate eighths. The new online Celtx does calculate eighths.

[@TheHDStation]

shame this software is no longer free

[@chinfat]

+Samuel Sloan Agreed.

[@tdmiller11]

+chinfat I have this "offline" desktop version on my iMac. Works great, but just doesn't have the interactivity online where a whole team can work on the project together. But for writing the script, it's great. download.cnet.com/Celtx/3000-13631_4-10850080.html

[@TulenCenterPortland]

Hi, Wim Wetzel is happy to connect with you via email. Do you have a private way for me to share that info with you? Thanks!

[@AthinaLohmann]

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[@chinfat]

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[@chinfat]

@@AthinaLohmann Cool. Gracias!!!