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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Robert Gary, one of the first male script supervisors in Hollywood who worked shoulder to shoulder with some of the top directors of his day, died May 3 in his sleep at a nursing home in Los Angeles.