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...
Great then – so that’s coverage sorted?
Ah – no. My role in ensuring coverage goes back to being “the editor’s representative on set”. The Script Supervisor is responsible for making sure that the editor has material to work with. It’s all part of making sure the film will cut.[1]
A very simple rule-of-thumb: everything on the page should have at least two tramlines covering it. This means that every action, every piece of dialogue, is covered by at least two shots. That way the editor can cut between them.
If there is only one shot covering something, then the editor is pretty much stuffed. She has nothing to cut between, she has no options – and the one thing an editor really likes is options.[2].
So what do I look for? Well, I try to:
And that is what I do regarding coverage.[5]
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Posted By That Continuity Guy On March 2, 2009 @ 11:36 pm In Continuity 101
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