Introduction
WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT BEING A SCRIPT SUPERVISOR?
I am a script supervisor, outside, on location. It’s 4:30 in the morning. I’ve been up for 20 hours. The sun will rise before we can finish the scene, which is making everybody grumpy. It’s so cold that my hands hurt. I’ve needed to pee for the last three hours. It starts to rain. I will get 10 hours off, including travel to and from home. I will come back the next day to do it again. Why do I like this so much?
Every member of the cast and crew contributes to a film’s production, but script supervising is one of the few jobs on set where you can see, where you are able to understand and help shape, the big picture. I used to work in the camera department. In between my ...
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