Script supervisor: Putting movie scenes together
Imagine shooting a scene inside a living room. The clock says 9:05, and the actor is eating a sandwich. Later the direcfor decides to change just the end of the scene. The script supervisor must check everything. The clock must still say 9:05, and the sandwich must not look different. If the script supervisor makes a mistake, it's very embarrassing. Sometimes an object disappears and reappears, or clocks go backward! To avoid tHesse problems, the script supervisor keeps precise records of every scene and all its details.