Apple Cinema Tools 4 - Manual (Page 92)

Understanding the Relationship Between Scenes, Shots, and Takes
To enter scene, shot, and take information in the database, you first need to know how
scenes, shots, and takes are understood by the database.
A motion picture production is composed of a series of scenes, and each scene is typically
composed of a number of shots or angles. A shot is a continuous film recording that
does not have any cuts. In shooting the film, there may be a number of takes for each
shot, so a take is a version of a shot. There can be many shots for each scene. The diagram
below shows an example of the relationship between scenes, shots, and takes as they
might exist in a Cinema Tools database.
Scene 1 Shot 1A
Shot 1
Shot 1B
Take 1
Take 2
Take 4
Take 2
Take 3
Take 5
Slate 1-1
Slate 1-2
Slate 1-4
Slate 1A-2
Slate 1A-3
Slate 1B-5
Creating a New Database Record
You must create database records if you are manually entering database information.
To create a new, empty database record
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Database > New Record (or press Command-N).
• Click New Record in the Detail View window.
2 In the dialog that appears, either enter identifiers for the scene and take or leave these
fields blank, then click OK. See
Using Scene, Shot, and Take Identifiers for more information.
92 Chapter 6 Entering and Modifying Database Information