That thankfully really is simple. Try to start and end every shot with an action – it makes it much easier to cut. And it’s Action-Cut-Points rather than Start-And-End-With-Action since we’re actually trying to cover not just the start and end of the shot, but the points in the shot where it’s likely we’ll cut to a different shot.

This actually applies to most things your Script Supervisor is looking for during a take. While we are mainly concerned with the start and end of a shot and much less with what happens during it, the reasoning behind this (to ensure seamless continuity between shots) obviously applies to all potential cut points in the shot.^[1] As for how many potential cut points there are, or where they are, well…

1. Not so obviously that I didn’t feel the need to say it though. Um, obviously. [↩︎]