Script Breakdown Sheets Completed Workbook

Breakdown Color Legend
Type Color Description
Cast Red All talent with spoken lines of dialogue.
Individual Extras that are silent but separate from a

Extra Silent Yellow
group.
Extras that are part of a group, also known as BG

Extra Atmosphere Green
Background.
Underlined
Stunts All possible stunts.
Orange
Special FX Blue Any practical effect that occur on set.
All practical sound effects that will be added in post but

Underlined
Sound FX & Music that actors need to react to in real time. Includes any
Brown music playing live on set.
Vehicles & Animals Pink All Picture Vehicles / animals listed in script.
Underlined Any props handled by actors or referred to in the script

Props
Purple or description.
All referenced wardrobe that appear in the script

Wardrobe Circle related to action, all needed wardrobe doubles b/c
actor gets wet, dirty or bloody.
All referenced make-up special effects. Scars, Blood,

Make-up & Hair Asterisk
Bruises, Prothetics, Aging.
Special Equipment Box Around Equipment specifically needed to get a shot.
Any notes production notes needs to be aware of,

Production Notes Underlined Black
could be related to scheduling, meals, prep time, etc.
Additional Categories (Optional)
Landscape elements, can be real or fake that are

Greens TBD
added to stage/studio or real location.
Wranglers TBD Usually for animal heavy project

For Production Design heavy projects. Ie. period
Set Dressing TBD
pieces, fantasy etc.
Weapons TBD Good for an action film.
Horses TBD Good for a western or period piece.
Transportation TBD Good for big crews or complex transpo systems.
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Script Examples
All Main cast in a scene, speaking or not. Don't forget

non-speaking characters in the scene.
1- Bartender, 1- Waitress
10- business people, 8-patients in waiting room
"slips on stairs, climbs up tree/ladder, swings on rope,

falls off bike"
Explosion, Fire, Rain, Gunfire, Squibs, Bullet hits,

Collapse
"Elevator dings, Phone rings, Alarm sounds" or music

performance.
remember parked vehicles in driveway that may be
required but not identified in script for EXT shots.
"family dog, birds outside window, rodents in a cage,
fish in bowl"
"They look at the clock. She throws the book. They
leave the keys. He fills the dog bowl'
"He puts on hat, she takes off jacket, he grabs scarf, he

changes shoes'
"Her nose is bloody after the fall' - keep bloody nose in

all scenes with this actor until the blood is cleaned up
Steadicam, Condor, Crane, Dolly, Underwater gear, Slo-

mo
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BREAKDOWN SHEET: #1 Page Count: 1 / 18
Prod. Company: NA
Project Title: Authentic Tortilla
Scene #:1 Scene Name: NA INT/EXT:
Script Page: 1-3 Location Name: Brooklyn Restaurant Kitchen
Nicolas in washing the dishes when Chef Lawrence announces that he is going to add taco's to the
Description: Cinco De Mayo.Chef Lawrence asks Nicolas if he can bike to Sunset Park and back before the dinn
'authentic tortillas' for the tacos. He gives Nicolas money for them and Nicolas leaves to start his t
CAST (red) STUNTS (orange)

Nicolas NA
Chef Lawrence
Brandon
Riley
EXTRAS/SILENT (yellow)
SPECIAL EFFECTS (blue) PROPS (purple)

Title overlay: Authentic Tortilla Table in the middle of the room
Pans
Dish pit
Prep stations
Spray nozzle for dish pit
Swinging door
Metal Container
Plastic Container
Meat/beef tongue in aromats
Saute Station
Dollar Bills
Clock on the wall
Wallet
WARDROBE (circle) MAKEUP/HAIR (* asterisk)
Black oversized t-shirt (for Nicolas)

Thick rubber apron (for Nicolas)
Chef's Whites (Chef Lawrence)
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT (box around) PRODUCTION NOTES (underline)
Nicolas pronounced Nee-co-las, 19, Mexican
Brandon and Riley, two young cooks in their 20s, hip, eager to impress
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: DAY
Brooklyn Restaurant Kitchen
hat he is going to add taco's to the restaurant's menu for

set Park and back before the dinner rush, as he wants
m and Nicolas leaves to start his task.
EXTRAS/ATMOSPHERE (green)
Cooks
VEHICLE / ANIMALS (pink)
NA
SOUND EFFECTS & MUSIC (brown)

Scrubbing
Spraying
Swinging door
Metal container being placed down
Cooks chuckling
Chef clapping his hands
Background noise of the kitchen
Rubber apron creaking/wrinkling
Mexican
in their 20s, hip, eager to impress

Prod. Company: NA
Scene #: 2 Scene Name: Bike Montage INT/EXT:
Script Page: 3 Location Name: Brooklyn Streets
Nicolas races on his bike hoping to find some fresh tortilla's in the southern neighbourhoods, the
Description:
cultures flash by in a montage

Nicolas NA

Montage
#NAME?
Date: NA
EXT D / N: Late Afternoon
Brooklyn Streets
e southern neighbourhoods, the different classes and
Mexican Families
Children running around

Bike
Food Trucks

Bike racing down the street
Chatter from families and children
Prod. Company: NA
Scene #: 3 Scene Name: NA INT/EXT:
Script Page: 3-4 Location Name: Mexican Restaurant Kitchen
Nicolas arrives at a Mexican restaurant and is greeted by Ricardo, they walk through the kitchen t
Description:
conversation.

Nicolas
Ricardo

Worn Chef's coat

Ricardo, 50s, burly Mexican man with a beer gut
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Late Afternoon
Mexican Restaurant Kitchen
o, they walk through the kitchen together whilst having a
Cooks

Bustling kitchen (background chatter)
a beer gut
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 4-5 Location Name: Mexican Restaurant Basement
Nicolas explains to Ricardo that he needs handmade tortillas. Ricardo explains to Nicolas that he
Description:
make the tortilla's. He intstructs Nicolas to follow him as he turns towards the pantry.

Ricardo
Nicolas

Crates
Masa

#NAME?
Date: NA
Mexican Restaurant Basement
ardo explains to Nicolas that he doesn't have the time to

s towards the pantry.

Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 5 Location Name: Mexican Restaurant Pantry
In the pantry Ricardo presents Nicolas with packaged tortilla's off a box on the shelf. He gives Nico
Description:
'it's good enough'.

Nicolas
Ricardo

A box on a shelf filled with indentical bags
of torillas

#NAME?
Date: NA
Mexican Restaurant Pantry
ff a box on the shelf. He gives Nicolas a pack, telling him

Packaging rustling
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 5-6 Location Name: Mexican Restaurant Alley Door
Description: Nicolas texts with Chef Lawrence, updating him on his progress, or lack there-of.

Nicolas

A bright streak of light across Nicolas' face. Mobile phone
Text conversation on mobile phone Packaged tortillas

#NAME?
Date: NA
Mexican Restaurant Alley Door
or lack there-of.

Bike

Typing
Text ding
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 6 Location Name: Abuelita's Apartment Entryway
Description: Nicolas arrives at his grandmother's apartment, he speaks to her through the intercom

Nicolas
Abuelita

Intercom

Knit blanket

Abuelita, late 60s
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apartment Entryway
r through the intercom

Intercom buzzer
Button being pressed
Voice through intercom
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 6-7 Location Name: Abuelita's Apatment Kitchen
Nicola's asks Abuelita to teach him how to make tortillas. He unloads the ingredients he has aquir
Description:
tortilla press.

Abuelita
Nicolas

Small table
Tortilla ingredients
Grocery bags
Brand new tortilla press

#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apatment Kitchen
oads the ingredients he has aquired as well as a new

Grocery bags rustling
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 7 Location Name: Brooklyn Restaurant Kitchen
The kitchen is manic as multiple orders for taco's print from the ticket machine. Dirty dishes have
Description:
absense. They topple over and shatter to the floor.

Chef Lawrence
Riley
Brandon

Saute Station
Plates smashing onto the floor Beef dish
Lamb dish
Ticket machine
Tickets reading 'TACO'
Dirty Dishes
Overflowing dish pit
Shattered plates

#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Brooklyn Restaurant Kitchen
ticket machine. Dirty dishes have stacked up in Nicolas'
Cooks
Waiters

Chef shouting orders
Plates smashing
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Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 7 Location Name: Abuelita's Apartment Kitchen
Nicolas and Abuelita are making tortillas with skill. Chef Lawrence tries to call Nicolas, but Nicolas
Description:
continuing to press fresh tortillas out of balls of dough. The stack of tortillas grows taller.

Nicolas
Abuelita

Mobile phone screen shows 'Chef Lawrence' Box of instant corn flour
calling Balls of tortilla dough
Fresh steaming tortillas
Hot skillet

#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apartment Kitchen
e tries to call Nicolas, but Nicolas ignores his phone,

k of tortillas grows taller.

Phone buzzing
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 8 Location Name: Abuelita's Apartment Building Ha
Description: Nicola's listens to the voice message Chef Lawrence has left him.

Nicolas

#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apartment Building Hallway

Chef's Voice Message
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 8-9 Location Name: Outside of Abuelita'a Aparment
Nicolas walks outside to see someone stealing his bike using a hacksaw to cut the lock. He fights w
Description: fresh tortillas into a muddy puddle. Nicolas balls up the ruined tortillas in the foils they were once
at the bike thief. Surprisingly the thief is struck causing him to fall off the bike, abandoning the bik

Nicolas Tussle with bike thief
Hacksaw waving
Nicolas falls down into a pot hole
Bike thief is struck by the makeshift projectile,
he falls of the bike
Figure (Bike thief)

The ball of tortilla and foil strikes the bike thief Wet muddy tortillas
perfectly in the head, knocking him off the bike Tortillas scrunched up in foil
Garbage bags
Hacksaw
Mobile phone
Fresh tortillas wrapped in foil

Wet muddy clothes (Nicolas) Wet, muddy messed up hair (Nicolas)

#NAME?
Date: NA
EXT D / N: Evening
Outside of Abuelita'a Aparment
acksaw to cut the lock. He fights with the thief dropping the
ortillas in the foils they were once wrapped in and throws it
l off the bike, abandoning the bike and running off.

Bike

Bike tearing off down the street
Door Creaking
Chef's Voice Message
Hacksaw, sawing
Sawing becomes faster
Running
Garbage bags rustling
Lock breaking
Nicolas yelling
Teeth gritting
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 9 - 11 Location Name: Abuelita's Apartment Entryway
Nicolas explains to Abuelita what has happened to the tortillas they have just made and confesse
Description: needed them in the first place. She scolds him as she feels Chef Lawrence is taking advantage of N
efforts will be wasted on the chef. She closes the door on Nicolas.

Nicolas
Abuelita


#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apartment Entryway
hey have just made and confesses the true reason he

Lawrence is taking advantage of Nicolas, and all his
s.

Loud knocking on door
Door Closing
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 11 - 12 Location Name: Abuelita's Apartment Building St
Nicolas sits in the dark stairwell, the sound of bass thumping through the walls. Partygoers begin
Description:
nearby apartment. They greet Nicolas 'Happy Cinco de Mayo!' as they pass him.

Nicolas
Partygoer 1

Caller ID on the mobile reads 'Chef Lawrence'

Hipster style clothing (partygoer extras)

Partygoers 20s to 30s mostly white hipsters
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apartment Building Stairwell
ough the walls. Partygoers begin to emerge from a

they pass him.
Partygoer 2
Group of partygoers

Dull thumping of bass (music)
Phone ringing
Footsteps walking up stairs
psters
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 12 Location Name: Abuelita's Apartment Building Ha
Description: Everything moves in slow motion as Nicolas enters the party.

Nicolas
Partygoer 1


Slow Motion Partygoers 20s to 30s mostly white hipsters
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Abuelita's Apartment Building Hallway
Partygoer 2
Group of partygoers

Old recording of Yo Soy Mexicano playing
diagetically, faded/muffled
Door opens
Talking and laughing (lively party sounds)
psters
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 12 Location Name: Party Apartment
Description: Everything moves in slow motion as Nicolas enters the party.

Nicolas
Partygoer 1

Margarita
Candy raining down from the broken pinata
Cheap mexican themed decorations
Paper cut out sign that reads: "Happy Cinco
de Mayo"
Tacos
Tequila
Small paper plate
Soft taco, simple and beautifully made
Cinco de Mayo costumes: bushy fake
mustaches and chilli pepper themed jewelry
(partygoer extras)

Slow Motion Partygoers 20s to 30s mostly white hipsters
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Party Apartment
Partygoer 2
Group of partygoers

diagetically, faded/muffled
Pinata being struck
Door opens
psters
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 13 - 14 Location Name: Party Apartment Kitchen
With the breaking of the pinata normal speed and diagetic sound resumes. Party hosts Chuck and
Description: kitchen rapidly making tortillas from scratch. Nicolas enters decked out in cartoonish mexican clo
are making authentic tortillas.

Nicolas
Chuck
Todd
Partygoer 1

Fresh tortillas
Candy raining down from the broken pinata
Mortar and pestle
Ground corn (masa)
Discs of masa
Plastic gun

Chevy's Sombrero (Nicolas) Wet, muddy messed up hair (Nicolas)
Cinco de Mayo costumes: bushy fake
mustaches and chilli pepper themed jewelry
(partygoer extras)
Wool poncho (Nicolas)
Holster for plastic gun (Nicolas)

Normal speed is resumed, slow motion ends Partygoers 20s to 30s mostly white hipsters
Chuck and Todd, 30s white
#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Party Apartment Kitchen
d resumes. Party hosts Chuck and Todd sit in their

ed out in cartoonish mexican clothing, he notices they
Partygoer 2
Group of partygoers

diagetically is now clear and 'back to normal'
Mortar and pestle grinding
psters
Prod. Company: NA
Script Page: 14 - 15 Location Name: Restaurant Kitchen
Nicolas returns to the restaurant with the tortillas. He rushes to the dish pit, pulling on his apron a
Description: Chef Lawrence, tries a hot tortilla handing one each to Brandon and Riley. They all approve. Nicola
continues to work his way through the dirty dishes.

Nicolas
Chef Lawrence
Brandon
Riley

Fresh steaming tortillas wrapped in plastic
Flames
Dish pit
Sizzling food
Sizzling food
Red hot pans
Dirty dishes
Plated dish
Red hot pans

Rubber apron (Nicolas)

#NAME?
Date: NA
INT D / N: Evening
Restaurant Kitchen
he dish pit, pulling on his apron and getting to work.

and Riley. They all approve. Nicolas smiles as he
Cooks
Waiters

Chatter of incoming orders
Sizzling food
Bustling kitchen
Rubber apron creaking/wrinking
Washing dishes (scrubbing and spraying)
Riley slaps Nicolas playfully on the back
Sizzle as hot pans hit the water

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Breakdown Color Legend

Type Color Description

Cast Red All talent with spoken lines of dialogue.

Individual Extras that are silent but separate from a

Extras that are part of a group, also known as BG

Special FX Blue Any practical effect that occur on set.

All practical sound effects that will be added in post but

Underlined Any props handled by actors or referred to in the script

All referenced wardrobe that appear in the script

All referenced make-up special effects. Scars, Blood,

Special Equipment Box Around Equipment specifically needed to get a shot.

Any notes production notes needs to be aware of,

Additional Categories (Optional)

Landscape elements, can be real or fake that are

Wranglers TBD Usually for animal heavy project

Weapons TBD Good for an action film.

Horses TBD Good for a western or period piece.

Transportation TBD Good for big crews or complex transpo systems.

All Main cast in a scene, speaking or not. Don't forget

10- business people, 8-patients in waiting room

"slips on stairs, climbs up tree/ladder, swings on rope,

Explosion, Fire, Rain, Gunfire, Squibs, Bullet hits,

"Elevator dings, Phone rings, Alarm sounds" or music

"He puts on hat, she takes off jacket, he grabs scarf, he

"Her nose is bloody after the fall' - keep bloody nose in

Steadicam, Condor, Crane, Dolly, Underwater gear, Slo-

Project Title: Authentic Tortilla

Scene #:1 Scene Name: NA INT/EXT:

Script Page: 1-3 Location Name: Brooklyn Restaurant Kitchen

CAST (red) STUNTS (orange)

SPECIAL EFFECTS (blue) PROPS (purple)

Black oversized t-shirt (for Nicolas)

Nicolas pronounced Nee-co-las, 19, Mexican

Brooklyn Restaurant Kitchen

hat he is going to add taco's to the restaurant's menu for

VEHICLE / ANIMALS (pink)

SOUND EFFECTS & MUSIC (brown)

in their 20s, hip, eager to impress

Project Title: Authentic Tortilla

Scene #: 2 Scene Name: Bike Montage INT/EXT:

Script Page: 3 Location Name: Brooklyn Streets

CAST (red) STUNTS (orange)

SPECIAL EFFECTS (blue) PROPS (purple)

WARDROBE (circle) MAKEUP/HAIR (* asterisk)

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT (box around) PRODUCTION NOTES (underline)

EXT D / N: Late Afternoon

e southern neighbourhoods, the different classes and

VEHICLE / ANIMALS (pink)

SOUND EFFECTS & MUSIC (brown)

Project Title: Authentic Tortilla

Scene #: 3 Scene Name: NA INT/EXT:

Script Page: 3-4 Location Name: Mexican Restaurant Kitchen

CAST (red) STUNTS (orange)

SPECIAL EFFECTS (blue) PROPS (purple)

WARDROBE (circle) MAKEUP/HAIR (* asterisk)

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT (box around) PRODUCTION NOTES (underline)

INT D / N: Late Afternoon

Mexican Restaurant Kitchen

o, they walk through the kitchen together whilst having a

VEHICLE / ANIMALS (pink)

SOUND EFFECTS & MUSIC (brown)

Project Title: Authentic Tortilla