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Beyond Continuity Script Supervision for the Modern Filmmaker

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ISBN-10: 0240814894

ISBN-13: 9780240814896

Edition: 2014

Authors: Mary Cybulski

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This book is a guide to the craft of script supervising. It will include both practical instruction and examples that explain the skills needed to work as a professional script supervisor. It will also contain stories from my many years on extraordinary film sets that will bring those examples to life. The author will walk the reader through the process of becoming and working as a script supervisor. Included will be the basic skills such as how to breakdown a script, taking notes on set, matching, cheating, screen direction, and what the director, actors and editor expect from a script supervisor. The book will also include many of the more subtle but just as important skills, how to get…    
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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/15/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Mary Cybulski is a script supervisor with more than twenty years experience. She has learned and invented techniques that have made her one of the most skilled and valued script supervisors in the US. She is the first call for many of our most inventive directors: John Sayles, David Mamet, Jodie Foster, M. Night Shyamalan, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Tony Gilroy. During these years she has developed her craft by both learning and inventing professional techniques. Cybulski has been a guest lecturer at NYU grad film, NYU grad acting, Columbia film school, Trinity College department of theatre, One on One acting workshop in NYC, and have mentored and trained dozens of hopeful…    

Introduction
What's so great about being a script supervisor?
What does a script supervisor do?
Getting Started
How to get a job
Meeting the director
Making your deal
Preproduction
You have the job. Now what?
Prep Time
The Production Office
Breakdowns: What, How, and Why: Rehearsals
Rewrites
The Read Through
Tech Scouts
Production
Getting ready for the shoot
A virtual day on set
Blocking
Keeping the notes
Rolling Film
What to Remember
Using Your Breakdowns
The Grammar of Filmmaking
Working Well with Others
Wrap
Safety
The Big Picture
How to Learn About Acting
Being a Department Head of One
The Girl Thing