Difference Between Spotting Lists

Each of these lists are created once the media content is completely finished and ready to be delivered to the broadcaster or the distributor. The intent of all three is the same — to put on paper exactly the video and audio content of the final version of the show or movie. They differ in terms of their comprehensiveness. CCSL The CCSL is the most comprehensive of the three lists. In addition to the audible part of the show, such a dialog, sound effects, music cues, music description, lyrics, it also describes in detail the visual aspect of the show. Each shot is described from the beginning of a cut to the next cut. So a CCSL will have as many shot descriptions as there are shots. As Broadcast Script An As Broadcast Script is written in the same style as a screenplay. Although it describes the visuals but not from one cut to the next but rather it describes a scene from one natural beginning to its natural end. It also does not describe technical aspects such as camera movement, camera angles shot size etc. It’s job is to describe the action on the screen. Dialogue List A Dialogue List is the simplest of the three. Although, we’ve been asked to create Dialogue List with annotation and that does make it more complex and involves a lot more work. But at the very basic a Dialogue List will be in three columns with time code in at the very start of the dialogue, speaker ID and then the last column will list down the exact dialogue as its spoken.