From the course: Creating a Short Film: 06 Working on Set

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Scrip supervisor

Scrip supervisor

From the course: Creating a Short Film: 06 Working on Set

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Scrip supervisor

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As we've talked about a lot through these filmmaking courses, maintaining continuity between shots is extremely important. It's also important to make sure that you shoot everything correctly and that you make a note of which takes worked, which takes didn't, which takes had issues, such as an airplane flying over the head during the shot, and that's why we have a script supervisor. A script supervisor, often called scripty, will sit and watch the monitor during takes and will make sure the actors are saying their lines accurately and will take notes if there are any changes. If an actor says slightly different words in each take or holds a prop with a different hand in each take or whatever, that can make the footage very difficult to edit together. At the end of each take, after calling cut, I would turn to our scripty and tell her what I thought about that take. Josh Savary, our sound mixer, would also tell her if he heard something that interrupted the shot so it could be noted…

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