What do you do? As a [Seattle-based] script supervisor, I’m the one who makes sure the lead actor’s hair is parted in the same direction during a scene, even though we may be shooting the scene over ...

Over at The Rumpus, Andrea Manners breaks down her job. From the piece: Rumpus: What’s a typical production day like? Manners: Before we start production, I meet with other departments. I ask the hair ...

Responsible for checking for continuity during shooting. This includes creating a continuity breakdown, timing the script, and watching during filming for specific things to make sure they're the same ...

1. A script supervisor (also called continuity supervisor) is a member of a film crew responsible for maintaining the motion picture’s internal continuity and for recording the production unit’s daily ...

There are so many people behind the movies we love, and often they don't get the widespread recognition they deserve. For example, Tracy Scott had some amazing credits. They included five movies that ...

Next time you see The Wizard of Oz, notice how Dorothy falls into a muddy pigpen early in the film. Somehow, when she's rescued, her dress is spotless. A similar "Huh?" moment occurs in The ...

Making the deal:“One down side to the job is we do not get residuals, so we must make the best deals we can from the start.” The Bay challenge:“Michael Bay is by far the most challenging to work for.

Dawn Gilliam is passionate about her role as one of the most reliable and sought-after script supervisors in Hollywood. Over the years, she’s created longstanding professional relationships with ...

In the world of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, people from the future have figured out how to reverse the entropy of people and objects, making them “time inverted.” Effect precedes cause for inverted ...