Manual

CameraMan

CameraMan
The script writing program

Preface The screenplay-software CameraMan is easy and intuitive to use, so this guide covers only a few pages. Nevertheless, we recommend to read it once to pick up the features of the program and to understand the full range of functions.

your ideas of the sound creation. If you have already taken photos during a preview at the planned set, you can add them by Drag & Drop. Individual shots can be deleted and inserted new before or after the current shot. As a shooting script for the filming, you can print the entire script or just the shots for individual locations (scene

Feature Overview CameraMan is a script program to create screenplays, shooting scripts for corporate video, news and TV reports as well as pure shooting scripts for feature films. You can write scripts in the classical two-column format breakdown), just as you want to realize your movie. All scripts (virtually unlimited) are stored in a single file. Thus, scripts can not be lost because a backup of the data can be easily created and only one file needs to be copied to the backup media. The operation of the program is conform to the Windows and Mac conventions, this covers the installation, the program call and its termination.

(video and audio text and image description). For the layout of the shooting scripts are much more fields available to plan the film exactly. You can specify, for example, for each shot, a location, time of day and the planned length of the shot so you keep track of the entire duration of your movie. Other fields are available for additional camera and audio accessoires and there is also a field for
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Installation of the Win-version After downloading from the server you get an .EXE-file that you start by double-clicking. The installation proceeds automatically. The installation program suggests a directory that you can accept or replace it with a directory of your choice.

Installation of the Mac-version After downloading from the server you get an DMG file that you start by double-clicking on it. At first you have to drag the application CameraMan into the program folder and then from there into the dock.

First program call After the first program start you have to accept the license terms. In the following window you have the possibility to enter the serial number or to obtain a license.

My firast script. This entry can be changed to the name of your project. If you accept the terms of CameraMan at this point, you can change to a later time. With cOntinue you get to the entry layout for your first project. Above left you see the name and the length of any previously entered shots.

Clicking on Order license will take you to our partner Share-It which will settle the online purchase for CameraMan. After your payment you will receive your serial number via email. Have you already purchased a serial number, please click enter serial number and enter your serial in the next window after that the program is released as a full version. Do you want to test CameraMan first in demo mode, click nOt nOw. First Run No matter which of the three options you choose the window First run appears. Here you can enter your name as author CameraMan suggests automatically the name of the logged in user (in the image owner). In the field below you can enter the title for your project, CameraMan proposes
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The cursor is already in the first box picture (yellowmarked ). With the Tab key you move on to the next field, with Shift-Tab back to the previous field. At the first start of the program it opens the layout for the simplified input. Klicking the shOOting script-button you can switch to the layout for the shooting scripts.

Tip! Start script-writing in the simplified view. So you can concentrate fully on the description of picture and sound. Only when the script is finished, you should prepare the shooting script and switch to the shooting script view.
Insert shot A new shot is automatically inserted at the end when you leave the last field of the last shot via Tab. Alternatively, you can use the key combination Ctrl. - N (Menu <Shot> - <New>) for a new shot. Each new shot will be inserted below the active attitude. A print of the screenplay, either completely or only for specific locations, you start with Ctrl. - P (Menu <File> <Prin>), in Menu File> Page Setup (Shift key - P) you can set the paper size of your printer. Den Ausdruck des Drehbuchs, entweder komplett oder nur Drehbuchauszge fr einzelne Drehorte, starten Sie mit der mit Ctrl. P (Menu <DATEI> <DRUCKEN>), im Menu DATEI > PAPIER FORMAT (Tastenkombination Shift

you can use the information for the author (Menu <Windows> <Author's Details>), you can delete projects (highlight the project and click delete or Menu Edit <Delete>). To exit the program click the clOse an alternative exit from the File Menu> (Windows) or terminate the Mac via the program Menu and CameraMan.

- P) knnen Sie das Papierformat Ihres Druckers festlegen.

Workflow 1.

To edit the master data for a project select and click edit. To edit a script mark it with your mouse, click on the button Open to get to the shooting script view. Alternatively, you can open it by double-clicking on the project name.

After the program start the start Menu opens. Here are all previous projects listed, you can create new projects (button New or Menu File <New Project>),
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Edit the author information Go to the Menu <Authors Details>

The window for the author information opens. Not all the fields must be filled, it is enough if you use your name as author, the rest of the fields you can fill in later or leave blank. In many fields, you can decide if this information should be printed in the script.

Right (black area) you can insert an image or logo that will be used in the scripts. To insert an image, drag the mouse on the black area or go through the Menu < Select picture. With Save you save the entry and return to the main Menu, with Cancel you discard your inputs.

Title short Title long

Title short is added on page 2 in the print of the scripts. Here you can enter a detailed title that is displayed on the front page of the script. This field is for internal use. Here you can enter your ideas for a movie.

Description Creating a new project To create a new project click new or go through the Menu <File> <New Project>. This opens the command window for the script master data. In this window you dont need to fill in all fields, it suffices to enter the title (title short or title long) of the film.

Also in the master project you can opt for different fields and if these should be included in the print or not. With Save you leave the master data and you move to the shot input layout. An initial shot has already been created and in the first box there is the cursor. Above left are the title short (title short) and the total duration of the current script shots displayed, in a new project of course 00:00.

Navigate With the Tab key you can move from field to field. In most fields in the upper row to the right input field is a popup Menu from which a value can be able to choose. Again, it is not necessary to fill in all fields immediately, they can also be filled in later. Specifically are following fields:: Time If you have created a new shot, the cursor is automatically in the first box, the box for the duration of this shot. The time is shown in the form mm:ss, the total time of all shots is displayed in the top left.

Location With tab you get to the next field where you specify the location (3). In its initial submission, the drop-down Menu (4) contains no values, with the following shots you can either enter a new location or choose an existing location from the drop down box.

Daytime Defaults are the values day/indoor, day/outdoor, night/ indoor, night/outdoor. You can adopt one of these values to add any value in the field. Shot size The default shot sizes of film long shot to detail are prestored. The list you can extend or enter any term into the field. Adjustment Some types of attitudes, for example, zoom in, zoom out, panning R-L and so on, are already filed. You can also type in your own terms while turning your style. Camera Accessories Again, this list already contains some typical accessories. Ideally, you will complete this list and add the equipment that you will possess or use regularly
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The individual fields in the shooting script layout

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9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shot number Shot length Location Daytime Shot size Adjustment

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Input window picture

10 Input window sound 11 Input window Music / Sound FX 12 Window Setphotos/Scene 13 Window for comments on shot 14 Option button for the comments section

Camera accessories Sound accessories

Sound Accessories The same applies at the audio accessoires.

New Shot You either create a new shot by pressing Ctrl .- N or jump further from the last field Comments with the tab-key and get to the next new shot in the Time entry.

Input fields In the series of which you write the actual screenplay. Picture - sound - music / sound effects - Comments To switch to the first box you have to click the tab-key. The amount of text in each field is not limited but it is not reasonable to ascribe too much text into it. Please read the notes at end of the manual. Images At any shot you can insert a scene photo. Images are here drawn with the mouse on the surface. If you have accidentally loaded the wrong image, just drag a different image about it, then only the last image is copied into your script. By double-clicking on the image it is displayed in a larger view. To delete images in the active set go to Menu <Options> <Delete Image>.

Moving Preferences You can move the shots up or down, either with the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl. - Shift - O (move up) or Ctrl. Move - Shift - U (below) or go to the Menu <Options> <Move to the top> or <Options> <Move down>. It will move the currently active shots. After the move the shot is still active, with an additional command you can move the scene up or down again. The numbering of the shots is made automatically, in rare cases it may be necessary to renumber the shots. Go to the Menu shot and select the Menu item <New numbering>. Re-order If multiple shots are moved simultaneously, use the function Reorder. Select the first option with the mouse (then the other with the shift-click) of the shots that you want to move and drag the selected shots to the point where they should appear in the order.

Clear Preferences An active attitude you can remove at the Menu <Options> <Delete>. Regard! This function can not be changed.

Data In addition to the information for the author and the projects you can see the entries of the default deposit requirements for recording formats, shot parameters and types of complementary accessories camera and sound equipment. The information you enter via the Menu <Window> and then on the respective Menu item. First, enter new values in the text box below and then confirm the entry with the Enter key. The window can be closed on the upper right exitbutton. The data is automatically backed up and are

The renumbering of the script will be automatically again. Regard! This function can not be changed.
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for all other scripts available. Color mapping shots for sizes and types of recruitment The values of shot parameters and shot types are associated with colors that can also be changed. Just click on the color that you want to change and select a new color. and should be reconsidered. These colors are displayed in the view Reorder and help to control shot variables and measures. One film rule states (for which there are exceptions of course) that it is not possible to cut two equal set sizes in a row. A look at the reordering window displays in this example that the shots 3 to 6 are planned as long shots. This contradicts the popular movie rules and should be reconsidered and possibly changed. Another problem is the shot 3 to 4. This is currently a planned L-R-panfollowed by an R-Lpan. This result is contrary to the film editing habits again

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Print The print of the scripts is via the Menu <File> <Print>, alternatively with the key combination Ctrl.- P. The paper size you can either choose at the same Menu or in the print Menu. Screenshots will also be printed, it is

Export / Import For the exchange of scripts they can be exported and imported again. Export as text The scripts can be exported as text documents. First, select in the Edit Menu the Menu option Export text to choose a suitable export format.

advisable to select the landscape mode without photos. You can print also the whole scenario - the shots will be in the order they are numbered - alternatively you can print script excerpts. Select <Only the entries with the following data> and fill in what data are important to form the base for the screenplay excerpts. In the window below you can restrict the selection made in addition or exclusively on the shooting locations.

The format .rtf is universal and can be (almost) read of all word processing programs, including cross-operating systems. The export you can activate in the Edit Menu, select < Text export > or choose Ctrl. - E. Do you have your script as an .rtf or exported to another text document you can not import them back to CameraMan. Export as a file Alternatively, you can export a script completely and open it with CameraMan again. To open the script Menu select File> Save As. CameraMan suggests you a name
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and a location that both can be accepted or changed. Importing a .screenplay file To open a script in CameraMan go to the Edit Menu > Open and locate the .screenplay file. It will be opened and added to the project list. The file extension .screenplay is automatically assigned and should not be changed. Change font size The display- and printingsize you can change in the range of 8 to 18 points.

Edit Menu> Preferences ... (Windows) or Digital Menu TV script> Preferences ... on Mac.

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Cursor movements within a script You can move completely around with the keyboard through your scripts without resorting to the mouse Within a shot Within a shot, you jump with the tab key from field to field, a field back by Shift-Tab. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl. - Arrow right into a shot forward, with the key combination Ctrl. - Arrow left you move to the left rear. From shot to shot You can use the cursor into the same box, also in the attitude about it or under it. Using Ctrl. Down arrow you get to the same field in including the recruitment, Ctrl. - Up to the field above.

Save In CameraMan you do not need secure your data with a separate command because the backup is performed automatically when you create a new shot. When quitting the program, the data must not be backed up in addition. If your computers crashes or even the battery of the laptop unexpectedly getsempty, it affects the maximum data loss of the last shot.

Demoversion/Vollversion As long as you dont enter a serial number, CameraMan runs in demo mode. In this mode you have all the functions available, only the number of options is limited to 15, an expression is not possible and projects can not be exported. To order please follow the order button to our online store at Share-It. You will receive immediately an email within a few minutes with your activation code after the payment is made.

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The masterdata You can edit the master data for the recording formats, sizes, types of shots and accessories for camera at yourself. Below you can see the program preferences.

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Tips for writing screenplays A script is the written definition of the planned film. In order productions (eg for industrial films and TV reports) is usually the script at the same time the base of the contract. It makes sense to fill the script not only as a written document but also to carry out the shooting according to the script, it can be possible to avoid problems with clients from the outset later. For the realization of the project, the script is divided into screenplay excerpts. These excerpts you take with the set - the location. CameraMan offers this possibility, tp print some script excerpts in accordance with the filming locations. Who wants to shoot, for example a movie with locations in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin, do not always has to print the entire script and take it to the shooting but only the screenplay excerpts Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin, according to the location he plans to act on that day. CameraMan provides the ability to print each statement. When writing a screenplay, you should identify the locations short and concise, preferably with only one or maximum (exceptions apply) two or three words. If you record in each of the listed cities only a few scenes, it is useful to enter only the location Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin, the column, video or comments can be inferred later. It makes no sense to enter something new in the column location for each scene, if this scene is recorded on a day
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in a row and turns its content belong together. Following entries are not recommended: Munich - Triumphal Arch Munich - Olympic Stadium Munich - Viktualienmarkt It is more meaningful to enter Munich here. Record a city portrait exclusively via Munich but with different film locations in Munich, of course you should specify each location individually. Since the film is a portrait of the city of Munich it is sufficient if if only one word (max. two) are entered into the field location: Victory Gate Olympic Stadium Viktualienmarkt. You can print the script extracts for each individual location, loose in a portfolio - professionally or on a clipboard - and then take it seperate to the Viktualienmarkt with the screenplay abstract for this location only, the other extracts are staying with the team car.

Backup Save your work with a backup - preferably daily. The data of your scripts will be saved in a file Mac / users / <name> / library / Application Support / Digital TV Script / Database

Tastaturkrzel Menu File

Close Print Paper size Print location Ctrl. W Ctrl. P Ctrl. Shift P Ctrl. M

Menu Shot
New Ctrl. N Ctrl. Shift O Ctrl. Shift U

Win \ Documents and Shots \ <name> \ Application Data \ CameraMan \ Database

move up move down

Navigation in the script

Next field Tab oder Ctrl. Pfeil rechts Shift - Tab oder Ctrl. Pfeil links Ctrl. Pfeil oben Ctrl. Pfeil unten

Ideal for backup, not just your files, StuffIt Deluxe DTVs (www.allume.com). Especially you have a backup of your database file produced when you save the file on your desktop as an alias of the database and drag the alias on the icon of StuffIt Deluxe - even the original file is saved. You must specify the save before the first backup. For backup programs such as Time Machine in Mac OS X, the database is backed up automatically. But please check this by searching the file
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Previous Field same field in the attitude above same field in the attitude down

 2009 Mediabook Verlag Andreas A. Reil, Stein-Bockenheim

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Auf den folgenden Seiten finden Sie das Beispieldrehbuch 3 x 3.

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3 x 3 macht neun
Print of the demo script

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