SongoftheSouth.net
 
Offered here is the actual cutting continuity script for Song of the South. Since each page was originally typed with a typewriter on legal size paper, I have manually re-input them into digital format to survive the test of time. In the interest of historical preservation, everything from language down to syntax errors and exact monospacing have been reproduced.

Script Section Pages Footage Content Span
Reel 1, Section A 11 744-04 Leader and opening credits to John leaving the plantation.
Reel 1, Section B 10 829-07 Johnny runs away to Uncle Remus sitting him down for the first story.
Reel 2, Section A 15 888-12 Uncle Remus sings "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" to the end of "Running Away".
Reel 2, Section B 8 725-09 Johnny is dissuaded from leaving to Johnny and Toby going to mill pond.
Reel 3, Section A 10 905-09 Toby warns Johnny of bull to Uncle Remus warding off Favers.
Reel 3, Section B 15 968-14 "How Do You Do" to Brer Rabbit being caught in the Tar Baby trap.
Reel 4, Section A 11 803-13 Brer Rabbit about to be cooked to Favers demanding to see Miss Sally.
Reel 4, Section B 10 929-13 Favers boys speak to Sally to Remus, Ginny & Johnny at Mill Pond.
Reel 5, Section A 12 632-09 Uncle Remus tells Ginny and Johnny the Laughing Place story.
Reel 5, Section B 5 617-10 Uncle Remus forbidden from seeing Johnny to Johnny being hit by bull.
Reel 5, Section C 9 729-14 Johnny on his sick bed to Finale.
Terminology

In the actual script, there are some terms and abbreviations that may be unfamiliar to the reader. Shown below are the most common abbreviations with their meaning. These are accurate to the best of my knowledge.

  • b.g. – Background
  • CU – Close Up
  • DISS – Dissolve
  • ECU – Extreme Close Up
  • ELS – Extreme Long Shot
  • f.g. – Foreground
  • LS – Long Shot
  • MCU – Medium Close Up
  • MLS – Medium Long Shot
  • MS – Medium Shot
  • o.s. – Off Screen
  • sc. – Scene