GPS Set Books
Seven working books for directors and crew: storyboards, shot lists, logs, a journal, a prep workbook and a post checklist. Each one opens with a few short pages on how to use it and a filled-in example from a feature in prep. The rest is the pad you carry to set.
Scanned the code in the back of one of our books? You’re in the right place. Here’s the rest of the set, and the courses and guides that teach every form in them.
No. 1
Storyboard Notebook
A 16:9 storyboard sketchbook for filmmakers and animators, with 264 frames and lines for the shot, lens and camera move.
Three large widescreen frames to a page, each with room for the shot, lens, size, move and notes, plus sequence pages for planning the cut. Five short chapters up front show how to board any scene in twenty minutes.
8.5 x 11 in, 110 pages
No. 2
The Shot List Book
A shot list planner for film directors and cinematographers, with 120 shot cards, scene pages and day shot lists.
120 shot cards with a Need or Like box, 16 scene pages, 18 day shot lists in shooting order, and coverage math sheets that make the list fit the schedule.
7 x 10 in, 120 pages
No. 3
The Script Supervisor’s Log Book
Continuity log, editor’s log and daily progress report forms for film and TV script supervisors.
The editor’s log, the continuity log and the daily progress report in one bound book, in the columns editors expect. The lined-script legend and slate rules sit up front, ready for your binder.
8.5 x 11 in, 200 pages
No. 4
The Director’s Journal
A filmmaking journal with 40 shoot day spreads, location scout pages, rehearsal notes and wrap pages.
Forty two-page shoot day spreads: the plan on the left the night before, what happened on the right at wrap. Scout, rehearsal and after-wrap pages hold the rest of the story.
7 x 10 in, 160 pages, cream paper
No. 5
The Camera Department Log
A camera report book for camera assistants and DITs, with 96 camera reports, lens and filter logs and media logs.
96 camera reports, one card each, with lens and filter logs for VFX and pickups, media logs with checksum and backup columns, and daily camera sheets.
8.5 x 11 in, 156 pages
No. 6
The Director’s Pre-Production Workbook
How to prep a short film or first feature in 13 steps, from the first read to the shot list and the night before.
Thirteen steps of prep in the order working directors do them. Each step gives you a short brief, a worked example and the pages to do it for your own film.
7 x 10 in, 98 pages
No. 7
The Post-Production Checklist
A step-by-step guide to editing, sound, music, color and deliverables for independent filmmakers.
Twelve stages from wrap to delivery, 116 checklist items, and ten trackers that grow through post, from cut versions to the clearance log.
7 x 10 in, 84 pages
The courses and guides behind the books
Every form in these books is taught step by step in a self-paced GPS course. Two of the three are free.
GPS Short Courses
How to Prep Your First Film. Goes with Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6.
How to Be a Script Supervisor. Free. Goes with No. 3.
How to Keep Set Logs for Post. Free. Goes with Nos. 5 and 7.
GPS Field Guides
The GPS Field Guides are the longer reads behind the set. The First-Time Director’s Field Guide covers the thinking behind Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6, and The Set Crew’s Field Guide does the same for Nos. 3, 5 and 7. We’ll link them here as they reach Amazon.
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