# Shooting script > The production draft: scene numbers, locks, and revision marks — the document departments schedule and shoot from, not the clean selling draft. Also known as production draft ## In practice A shooting script prioritizes shared reference over literary polish. Scene numbers, omitted scenes, and colored pages matter more than whether a transition looks elegant on a spec read. Departments schedule and shoot from this document; ambiguity becomes a cost on the clock and in the sides. The story may still change after a shooting script is issued — production drafts revise constantly. What changes is the publishing discipline: locks, colors, and lettered inserts keep the crew aligned while you fix dialogue on page 42 without inventing a new continuum every night. Do not submit a shooting-script costume as a sales draft. Heavy CONTINUED spam, camera lists, and revision colors on a cold spec can read as inexperience to managers. Keep specs clean; graduate to shooting-script apparatus when prep and the production office actually need that machinery. ## See it formatted - [How to number screenplay scenes for production](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/screenplay-formatting/scene-numbers-production-drafts): When to add scene numbers, how locked pages and A/B scenes work, and why spec scripts usually omit them. Includes screenplay examples and revision guidance. ## Common questions ### When does a spec become a shooting script? When the project is greenlit into prep or production and the draft is issued with numbers and revision tracking. The story may still change — the document type changes with the job it must do. ### Do shooting scripts include camera direction? Sometimes, especially with a director's pass, but many still keep direction light. Numbers, locks, and revision marks are the defining production apparatus — not an obligatory shot list on every scene. ### What is an omitted scene in a shooting script? A scene number kept in the continuum after the scene was cut, so later numbers do not shift. The page may read OMITTED rather than renumbering the entire script. ### Should I write my first draft as a shooting script? No. Write a clean spec-style draft first. Add shooting-script machinery when production numbering and revision distribution become real constraints. ## Related terms - [Locked script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/locked-script): A shooting draft whose page and scene numbers are frozen so every department shares one numbering scheme. After lock, changes become marked revisions instead of silently reshuffling the whole script. - [Revision colors](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/revision-colours): The industry color sequence (white, blue, pink, yellow, and onward) used to mark each revision pass on a locked shooting script so the set knows which pages are current. - [Lined script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/lined-script): The script supervisor's copy of the shooting script, marked with vertical lines showing which camera setups covered which lines of each scene — the editor's map of what was shot. - [Spec script](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/spec-script): A screenplay written on speculation — no deal yet — meant to sell the story or showcase craft. Specs usually skip production numbering and camera direction. --- Canonical page: