script supervisor
Tracks filming details
A script supervisor is the person on a film or television set responsible for tracking continuity—ensuring that details like actor positions, props, costumes, and dialogue remain consistent across takes and shooting days.
They note which takes the director prefers and maintain detailed records that editors rely on later: The script supervisor caught that his watch had switched wrists between shots.
Filmmaking preparation phase
- shooting schedulePlan for filming sequence
- one-linerBrief standalone joke
- call sheetDaily production work order
- post-productionAfter-the-shoot work phase
department heads · director of photography · union · career path · mentorship
Fissile metamorphic rock
- clapperboardFilm scene marking device
- timecodeFrame-by-frame position reference
- focal lengthLens-to-convergence-point distance
- camera setupHow filming equipment's arranged
Inconsistency across scenes
- set dressingItems placed on sets
- crossing the lineExceeding acceptable boundaries
- costume changesMid-performance outfit substitutions
- hand placementLocation of fingers
Recurring summary of happenings
- facing pagesAdjacent verso and recto
- camera rollSmartphone's stored images
- page countNumber of leaves
- director's notesProduction guidance annotations
pre-production
Filmmaking preparation phase
- shooting schedulePlan for filming sequence
- one-linerBrief standalone joke
- call sheetDaily production work order
post-production · department heads · director of photography · union · career path · mentorship
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Fissile metamorphic rock
- clapperboardFilm scene marking device
- timecodeFrame-by-frame position reference
- focal lengthLens-to-convergence-point distance
continuity error
Inconsistency across scenes
- set dressingItems placed on sets
- crossing the lineExceeding acceptable boundaries
- costume changesMid-performance outfit substitutions
daily report
Recurring summary of happenings
- facing pagesAdjacent verso and recto
- camera rollSmartphone's stored images
- page countNumber of leaves
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, editing
- entertainment jobsactor, actress, producer, director, singer
- film crewcinematographer, director, gaffer, editor, grip
- film jobsdirector, actor, actress, producer, cinematographer
- theater jobsactor, director, playwright, choreographer, stage manager
- screenwritingscreenplay, screenplays, screenwriter, screenwriting, scriptwriter
script supervisordirector
One who leads
showrunner · executive producer · auteur · studio head · creative director
script supervisorimproviser
One who creates spontaneously
ad-libber · improv actor · continuity error · method actor · jazz musician
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