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 ...

The script supervisor is a well-respected person on set. This position oversees the consistency and continuity of a production while the project is in principal photography. Many script supervisors ...

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 ...

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 drawback:“I am a department of one, therefore there is nobody to back ...

It's a demanding job but someone has got to do it. A script supervisor needs the patience of a saint, dexterity of a talented juggler and the painstaking attention to detail of a top accountant.

When I started out script supervising almost 20 years ago, the tools of the trade were a stopwatch, a pen or pencil, paper, a Polaroid camera and that all important bible, the script. Each script ...

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 ...