Editing Script breakdown (section)

===Marking elements===
To ease future production, an assistant director marks the elements found in each scene. This process repeats for each new scene. By the end, the producer will be able to see which scenes need which elements, and can begin to schedule accordingly. The film industry has a standard for [[Color code|color-coding]]:<ref name="Cleve 2012 p. 25">{{cite book | last=Cleve | first=B. | title=Film Production Management | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-136-04402-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpzcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 | access-date=2022-07-16 | page=25}}</ref>

:{| class="wikitable"
|+Element color codes
!Element
!colspan=2|Shape or color
!Description
|-
|Cast
|style="background: red; color: white; text-align: center;"| ||Red
|Any speaking actor
|-
|Stunts
|style="background: darkorange; color: white; text-align: center;"| ||Orange
|Any stunt that may require a [[stunt double]], or stunt coordinator.
|-
|Extra (silent)
|style="background: yellow; color: black; text-align: center;"| ||Yellow
|Any extra needed to perform specifically, but has no lines.
|-
|Extra (atmosphere)
|style="background: forestgreen; color: white; text-align: center;"| ||Green
|Any [[extra (drama)|extra]] or group of extras needed for the background.
|-
|Special effects
|style="background: dodgerblue; color: white; text-align: center;"| ||Blue
|Any [[special effect]] required.
|-
|Props
|style="background: purple; color: white; text-align: center;"| ||Purple
|All objects important to the script, or used by an actor.
|-
|Vehicles and animals
|style="background: lightpink; color: black; text-align: center;"| ||Pink
|Any vehicles, and all animals, especially if it requires an [[animal training|animal trainer]].
|-
|Sound effects or music
|style="background: sienna; color: white; text-align: center;"| ||Brown
|Sounds or music requiring specific use on set. Not sounds added in during [[post-production|post]].
|-
|Wardrobe
|style="text-align: center;"|⭘||Circle
|Specific costumes needed for production, and also for continuity if a costume gets ripped up, or dirtied throughout the production.
|-
|Make-up and hair
|style="text-align: center;"|⁎||Asterisk
|Any make-up or hair attention needed. Common for scars and blood.
|-
|Special equipment
|style="text-align: center;"|◻||Box
|If a scene requires the use of more uncommon equipment, (e.g. crane, underwater camera).
|-
|Production notes
|style="text-align: center;"|_||Underline
|For all other questions about how a scene will go, or confusion about how something happens.
|-
|}