| Description | Papers and index cards with Vivian Kubrick's and others' lists of shots and scenes, frequently with annotations on the content or quality of the scene and/or technical data.
1. One binder marked 'Bills' on front and 'Slate index and choice shot description' on side, and on inside cover, 'Vivian Kubrick [Gill?]'. Contains lists of shot numbers with some highlighted; followed by sheets with columns indicating the slate number and shot number, with notes on the content of the shot or the quality of the film stock. Not all shots have notes.
2. One hardback notebook marked 'Shining Documentary Log Book' containing lists with columns labelled 'lab roll', 'Viv. Roll', 'Slave', 'S/M', 'Key Nos', notes and other categories, providing a detailed description of the visual content of each roll.
3. One hardback notebook marked 'Shining Documentary Scene Breakdown Summary'. Contains summaries of scene content with slate numbers and 'VR' numbers. Some summaries are in red, some in black: a key in the front cover shows that red means 'main feature scenes (rehearsal, [?] up, shooting) and black means 'documentary "scenes"'.
4. Seven small notebooks with handwritten lists of shots and scenes and, frequently, notes on the content of the shot/scene or its appropriateness for use in the final documentary. These notebooks also contain to-do lists and reminders, lists of changes, doodles, and other content. One notebook is labelled 'Interviews' and only contains notes on the interviews.
5. Three sets of index cards. Information on index cards varies; some cards have a formal, typed scene title and technical information, and others are handwritten with information including a short description of a scene or a quote from the scene, a note of who features in the scene, a shot/scene number and/or other formal identification, or simply one word or number. |