← Glossary · Crew - Continuity

Script Supervisor

aka Continuity · Scripty

The department of one who tracks continuity, coverage and timing so the footage cuts together in the edit.

The script supervisor is the production's continuity memory and the editor's advocate on set. They track every detail that must match across takes and angles - props, wardrobe, hand positions, eyelines, the level in a glass - and log which lines and actions were covered in which setup, so the editor knows what footage exists. They also time the scenes, marking the running length against the script. Their lined script and continuity notes ride into editorial and cross-reference the slate's scene and take numbers. Catch a continuity break on set and it costs a pickup; miss it and it costs a visible error on screen or an expensive reshoot. The role is one person, close to the director and the camera, all day.