Continuity 101 (or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Scripty)
- Q & A on just what it is that Continuity / Script Supervisors actually do...

What department do you come under?

None – or rather, my own. I am a department of one.[1] I report to the the Director, the Editor, and the Producer / Line Producer or Production Manager.[2] I defer to the DoP[3], and of course the 1st AD.[4]

  1. Unless there’s a second unit which is running to its own Script Supervisor, or on the rare occurrences when the main Script Supervisor has an assistant. [↩︎]
  2. Depending on the size and type of production – whichever one actually hired me. [↩︎]
  3. Ho ho. [↩︎]
  4. Everyone defers to the 1st AD. Even the Director… [↩︎]

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Posted By That Continuity Guy On March 3, 2009 @ 12:14 am In Continuity 101

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