# What concrete paper tools (scripted shot lines, overhead sketch, shot list) does a cinematographer describe for turning a script into coverage, and who uses them?

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Jay Holben's ASC-published guide (2021) describes lining the script with lettered coverage lines (e.g. A - Wide Master) and two thumbnail types, a rough storyboard and an overhead sketch (director's plan / bird's eye) for crew communication.

Jay Holben's ASC-published guide (2021) describes lining the script with lettered coverage lines (e.g. A - Wide Master) and two thumbnail types, a rough storyboard and an overhead sketch (director's plan / bird's eye) for crew communication.

Curator qualifications: DGA 2019/2025 workshop pages (S28, S29) not reinspected. Single-camera narrative assumption (F2) is producer synthesis. Text only.

Limitations: Practitioner guide.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://theasc.com/post/shot-craft/analyzing-a-script/",
      "note": "ASC Shot Craft 'Analyzing a Script' (Holben, 2021): lining paragraphs; 'Additional Visual-Communication Tools'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dga.org/events/2025/november2025/ddi_blockingandshotlisting-0925",
      "note": "ASC Shot Craft 'Analyzing a Script' (Holben, 2021): lining paragraphs; 'Additional Visual-Communication Tools'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dga.org/Events/2019/May2019/DDI_Lab_PrepNY-0319.aspx",
      "note": "ASC Shot Craft 'Analyzing a Script' (Holben, 2021): lining paragraphs; 'Additional Visual-Communication Tools'"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Jay Holben's ASC-published guide (2021) describes lining the script with lettered coverage lines (e.g. A - Wide Master) and two thumbnail types, a rough storyboard and an overhead sketch (director's plan / bird's eye) for crew communication. · locator: ASC Shot Craft 'Analyzing a Script' (Holben, 2021): lining paragraphs; 'Additional Visual-Communication Tools' · source: https://theasc.com/post/shot-craft/analyzing-a-script/

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