Hi, I’m having trouble with a scene. I’m transitioning into a scene (however I want the scene to open up in zone 2 not zone 1) and then ater a few seconds pan to zone 1. However, when the scene opens in my script, it’ll still open in zone 1 without any of my characters but with the overlays, then continue the transition into zone 2 and proceed as normal with all my characters. I have the “&” symbol before everything before the @transition, but I’m still doing something wrong.
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
This is the code:
EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET - NIGHT with AMBULANCE in zone 1 at layer 0 with BLUE COP LIGHT with RED COP LIGHT with CAMERA in zone 2 at layer 3 with CRIME SCENE TAPE in zone 1 at layer 2 with effect HARD RAIN
@COP1 changes into copuniform_male @COP2 changes into copuniform_female @WOMAN1 changes into random1
&COP1 spot 0.752 78 193 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND COP1 faces right
&COP2 spot 0.776 184 161 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND COP2 faces right
&COP3 spot 0.602 89 321 in zone 1 at layer 2 AND COP3 faces left
&WOMAN1 spot 0.783 276 177 in zone 1 at layer 3
&WOMAN2 spot 0.492 162 362 in zone 1 at layer 1
&MAN1 spot 0.474 212 366 in zone 1 at layer 1
&MAN2 spot 0.486 251 354 in zone 1 at layer 1
&NEWSREPORTER MALE spot 0.824 62 204 in zone 2 at layer 1 AND NEWSREPORTER MALE faces right
&CAMERAMAN spot 0.812 258 202 in zone 2 at layer 2
&CAMERAMAN faces left
&NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_suggest THEN NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_contend THEN NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_suggest
&overlay CAMERA shifts to 118 57 in zone 2
&overlay CAMERA scales to 0.769 0.769
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE shifts to 1 219
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE scales to 1.108 1.108
&overlay AMBULANCE shifts to 104 218
&overlay AMBULANCE scales to 0.454 0.454
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT shifts to 6 122
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay RED COP LIGHT shifts to 6 123
&overlay RED COP LIGHT scales to 1.001 1.001
EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET - NIGHT with AMBULANCE in zone 1 at layer 0 with BLUE COP LIGHT with RED COP LIGHT with CAMERA in zone 2 at layer 3 with CRIME SCENE TAPE in zone 1 at layer 2 with effect HARD RAIN
@cut to zone 2
@COP1 changes into copuniform_male @COP2 changes into copuniform_female @WOMAN1 changes into random1
&COP1 spot 0.752 78 193 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND COP1 faces right
&COP2 spot 0.776 184 161 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND COP2 faces right
&COP3 spot 0.602 89 321 in zone 1 at layer 2 AND COP3 faces left
&WOMAN1 spot 0.783 276 177 in zone 1 at layer 3
&WOMAN2 spot 0.492 162 362 in zone 1 at layer 1
&MAN1 spot 0.474 212 366 in zone 1 at layer 1
&MAN2 spot 0.486 251 354 in zone 1 at layer 1
&NEWSREPORTER MALE spot 0.824 62 204 in zone 2 at layer 1 AND NEWSREPORTER MALE faces right
&CAMERAMAN spot 0.812 258 202 in zone 2 at layer 2
&CAMERAMAN faces left
&NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_suggest THEN NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_contend THEN NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_suggest
&overlay CAMERA shifts to 118 57 in zone 2
&overlay CAMERA scales to 0.769 0.769
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE shifts to 1 219
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE scales to 1.108 1.108
&overlay AMBULANCE shifts to 104 218
&overlay AMBULANCE scales to 0.454 0.454
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT shifts to 6 122
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay RED COP LIGHT shifts to 6 123
&overlay RED COP LIGHT scales to 1.001 1.001
@transition fade in black in 3
&pan to zone 1 in 3
This is what I have now. Same result, however at least when it opens up in zone 1 there’s nothing there but the heavy ran. However I still want it to open at zone 2 with everything already in place!
EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET - NIGHT with effect HARD RAIN
FILTER: Sickly
@set hsl 144 5 -2 colorize with blendMode OVERLAY to 56%
Your filter will be enabled for every scene after this line
To turn off the filter, use “@reset hsl” or “@reset hsl in [# of seconds]”
@COP1 changes into copuniform_male @COP2 changes into copuniform_female @WOMAN1 changes into random1
&COP1 spot 0.752 78 193 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND COP1 faces right
&COP2 spot 0.776 184 161 in zone 1 at layer 3 AND COP2 faces right
&COP3 spot 0.602 89 321 in zone 1 at layer 2 AND COP3 faces left
&WOMAN1 spot 0.783 276 177 in zone 1 at layer 3
&WOMAN2 spot 0.492 162 362 in zone 1 at layer 1
&MAN1 spot 0.474 212 366 in zone 1 at layer 1
&MAN2 spot 0.486 251 354 in zone 1 at layer 1
&NEWSREPORTER MALE spot 0.824 62 204 in zone 2 at layer 1 AND NEWSREPORTER MALE faces right
&CAMERAMAN spot 0.812 258 202 in zone 2 at layer 2
&CAMERAMAN faces left
&NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_suggest THEN NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_contend THEN NEWSREPORTER MALE is talk_suggest
&overlay CAMERA create
&overlay CAMERA shifts to 118 57 in zone 2
&overlay CAMERA scales to 0.769 0.769
&overlay CAMERA opacity 1 in 0 @overlay CAMERA to layer 3
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE create
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE shifts to 1 219 in 0 in zone 1
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE scales to 1.108 1.108
&overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE opacity 1 in 0 @overlay CRIME SCENE TAPE to layer 2
&overlay AMBULANCE create
&overlay AMBULANCE shifts to 104 218 in zone 1
&overlay AMBULANCE scales to 0.454 0.454
&overlay AMBULANCE opacity 1 in 0 @overlay AMBULANCE to layer 0
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT create
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT shifts to 6 122 in zone 1
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay BLUE COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 0 @overlay BLUE COP LIGHT to layer 4
&overlay RED COP LIGHT create
&overlay RED COP LIGHT shifts to 6 123 in zone 1
&overlay RED COP LIGHT scales to 1.001 1.001
&overlay RED COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 0 @overlay RED COP LIGHT to layer 4
Okay, so can you give me a description of what should happen as the scene develops. (Ex: the scene open up to so so overlay and then CHAR starts talk_neutral, etc)
the scene opens up in zone 2 with two characters talking (cameraman and news reporter) and the camera overlay should be there too. after a second or so it should pan to zone 1 while all the other characters are doing their actions, and the narrator is speaking. basically i want a normal transition, but instead of it fading in black in 3 to zone 1, i want it to open in zone 2.
right now with my updated code, it will open in zone 1 with no overlays or characters there, just the heavy rain effect, and then the transition will happen from zone 2 and the pan to zone 1.
