ABSTRACT

First published in 2013. A guide to the craft of script supervising, Beyond Continuity features practical instruction through real-world examples demonstrating and explaining the skills needed by a professional script supervisor.

Mary Cybulski, one of Hollywood's premier script supervisors, imparts her sage wisdom as she walks you through the process of training and working as a professional script supervisor,, covering 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. She also details many of the more subtle, but just as important skills- 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, and how not to get overwhelmed when there is too much information to process.

chapter Chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|6 pages

Getting Started

chapter Chapter 3|53 pages

Preproduction

Breaking Down the Script

chapter Chapter 4|9 pages

Preproduction

Non-Breakdown Preproduction

chapter Chapter 5|72 pages

Production Overview

Keeping the Notes

chapter Chapter 6|22 pages

Production Overview

Maintaining Continuity

chapter Chapter 7|45 pages

The Language and Grammar of Filmmaking

chapter Chapter 8|30 pages

A Day on Set

chapter Chapter 9|3 pages

The Big Picture