Beyond Continuity: Script Supervision for the Modern Filmmaker from Focal Press is a guide to the craft of script supervising. It features practical instruction through real-world examples demonstrating and explaining the skills needed by a professional script supervisor.
The book was written by Mary Cybulski. She is a veteran script supervisor with over 20 years experience, who walks you through the process of of training and working as a professional script supervisor. She covers the basic skills of breaking down a script, taking notes on set, matching, cheating, determining screen direction, and knowing what the director, actors, and editor expect from a script supervisor.
How to get a job
How to think like an editor
How to tell what is important in a script and on set
How to get along with the cast and crew
How not to get overwhelmed when there is too much information to process.
Includes
Contents
- What's So Great About Being a Script Supervisor?
- What Does a Script Supervisor Do?
PART 2 GETTING STARTED
- How to Get a Job
- Meeting the Director
- Making your Deal
PART 3 PREPRODUCTION
- You Have the Job. Now What?
- Prep Time
- The Production Office
- Breakdowns: What, How, and Why
- Rehearsals
- Rewrites
- The Read Through
- Tech Scouts
PART 4 PRODUCTION
- Getting Ready for the Shoot
- A Virtual Day on Set
- Blocking
- Keeping the Notes
- Rolling Film
- What to Remember
- Using Your Breakdowns
- The Grammar of Filmmaking
- Working Well with Others
- Wrap
- Safety
- How to Learn About Acting
- Being a Department Head of One
- The Girl Thing