Analog Metadata

[Craig Alan]

Lots of programs try to mimic this cards on a wall organization, which has been around in production studios for a long time. Ditto story boards. Final Draft and its wanna bes have it. Celtix has it. Etc. But until we have entire walls as monitors and a pad of some kind mounted at standing height, it will not be the same.

The technology is actually there in smart boards and projectors connected to an outport on a computer. The concept appears in countless versions of CSI and sci fi movies.

Both and not either or. If the cards can be integrated into the browser as well as hanging on the wall, then you can use the wall for global/overview/bird’s eye organization and have references to them within the script and NLE browser for detailing and assembly.

The number of movies that get released that when you back up the lens have at least some moments of plot and/or character arc that is absent, misplaced or inconsistent makes you wonder if they would benefit from putting those cards back on the wall.

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