‘Gladiator II’ production designer reveals overwhelming ‘daily rewrites’ on original film led to a colored paper problem
nypost.comThe epic action movie “Gladiator” had so many revisions while filming that it was a challenge to keep everyone on the same page — literally. “Gladiator” and “Gladiator II” production designer Arthur Max has revealed to The Post that during the filming of the 2001 Oscar-winning film, production staff ran out of paper in enough different colors to denote which draft of the screenplay was the most up to date.On any given film or TV series, when changes are made to the script, the revised copy is printed on paper that is a different color from the previous draft’s paper.
And there is a set color order that provides everyone involved in a project a shorthand to know what draft they are reading.
That color code system, set by the Writers Guild (WGA), has nine colors, which proceed in the following order: white (the unrevised/initial draft), blue, pink, yellow, green, goldenrod, buff, salmon and cherry.
For those wondering, goldenrod is a yellowish gold color and buff is a light brownish yellow. Many of these colors are never used, as most productions don’t rack up nine revised scripts.
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