Guild of British Camera Technicians

Script Supervisors

Pre-Production:

Timing breakdown
Continuity breakdown
Screen-day breakdowns
Page-count breakdowns
Attending rehearsals
Making sure any changes in dialogue or action which occur in rehearsals are given to the Production office and distributed to all Heads of Department and Cast (as pink pages)
Checking that all aspects of continuity are in place before shooting ie proactively working in advance to prevent errors which may arise
Attending production meeting prior to principal photography and bringing up any of those problems

Production:

Matching action and dialogue during shooting
Taking reference photographic information to be available at all times for matching purposes (Polaroid or Digital)
Knowledge of scene coverage discussed in advance of shooting each day with director and sometimes producing a shot list for key personnel
Ensuring that all shots will have matching eyelines based on Master coverage and that camera is appropriately placed
Making sure of the execution and completion of that coverage and to offer advice when (and if) additional cover is required - or when a particular shot does not work
To provide the editor with appropriate shot information of that coverage both on Continuity Reports and on the Marked Up Script
To provide editor with all information regarding script changes made to either dialogue or action during shooting on a Marked Up Script
Providing information to the production office noting what has been achieved each shooting day on a Daily Production Report
To keep running totals of Scene Timings and Pages Counts in order that the script runs approximately to overall time

Post Production:

This is a function that is rarely needed these days as the editor begins work immediately and is cutting on Avid as we shoot often having a rough cut soon after end of principal photography
Usually there are wrap days for script supervisor in order to get all the Marked-Up Script (s) in order to finally hand over to editor