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Script Integration — Lining in the Digital Realm
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When the scene is recorded — for example, in a sitcom shoot — the lined script can also include
timecode notes written next to specific lines of dialog that represent a sync point between the
dialog on the page and the recorded dialog. These sync points provide assistant editors or chief
editors with a quick path to specific points in the source material.
Script Integration — Lining in the Digital Realm
Script integration in your Avid editing application enhances the traditional lined script system
described in “Understanding Lined Scripts” on page 624.
Unlike the traditional lining of a script, digital script integration usually happens after the shoot.
For example, the assistant editor uses the notes of the continuity person as the basis for script
integration. The following is an example of the script shown in “Understanding Lined Scripts”
on page 624, prepared and lined using script integration.
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dialog
The jagged lines in the script represent the parts of dialog where the actor is off
screen. For example, the character Mary Sue is off camera during the action described
in the second paragraph (when the waitress character enters), so a jagged line is drawn
through the shots that cover Mary Sue (33A/1 and 2).
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