Connecting the shots: Continuity matters

08/17/22 • 27 min

Script Supervisors: Unsung Heroes of Film & TV

Connecting the shots: Continuity matters

Continuity is so much more than matching cups and hands. You’ll begin to see that in this topic where we take a deep dive into what it means to manage continuity on set. But first, we have an interview with absolute ICON, and hands down the perfect person for this episode, Mary Cybulski.

Mary Cybulski’s impressive credits include multiple Academy Award-winning films Life of Pi, Michael Clayton, Syriana, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Oscar-nominated Kinsey, and The Tempest, as well as cult favorites Eat Pray Love, and To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. She also wrote one of the most important and oft referred to books on script supervising, “Beyond Continuity: Script Supervision for the Modern Filmmaker.” While she’s no longer actively script supervising, Mary shares her talents on set as a still photographer and is currently working on an update to her widely recognized book.

Buy her book here! And look for the updated version to be released soon!

Hosted, Created & Produced by Caryn Ruby
Produced and Edited by Eden Woolworth
Sound Mixer Adam Carl
Original Music by Edith Mudge
Logo design by Sharon Watt
Episode artwork by Ana Ziegler Loes

Buy her book here! And look for the updated version to be released soon!

Hosted, Created & Produced by Caryn Ruby
Produced and Edited by Eden Woolworth
Sound Mixer Adam Carl
Original Music by Edith Mudge
Logo design by Sharon Watt
Episode artwork by Ana Ziegler Loes

Previous Episode

Script this, supervise that…what it’s really like being the Script Supervisor

Script this, supervise that...what it’s really like being the Script Supervisor
(All of the responsibilities, none of the glory)

In this episode, we take a closer look at what it feels like to be a script supervisor, and how our work on set also helps out in post. Plus, master script supervisor Mary Cybulski shares a revealing BTS story from the film “Life of Pi.” But first, we have an informative interview with the incomparable Dawn Gilliam.

Dawn’s multi-decade Script Supervising career began with Boyz n The Hood and includes groundbreaking and Academy Award-Winning and nominated films such as Black Panther, Fences, Star Wars: Episode IX and literally dozens of films and TV shows you’ve no doubt seen. She has served as President of ITASE Local 871 union for script supervisors, is responsible for getting IMDB to create a new category for Script Supervisors, and has taught the craft of script supervising through her popular online course: The Art of Continuity since 1995.

https://www.theartofcontinuity.com
check out her new business venture https://www.datemymakeup.com

Hosted, Created & Produced by Caryn Ruby
Produced and Edited by Eden Woolworth
Sound Mixer Adam Carl
Original Music by Edith Mudge

Logo design by Sharon Watt
Episode artwork by Ana Ziegler Loes

Next Episode

Line!!! Working with actors: The good, the bad and the ugly.

This episode digs into the working relationship between script supervisors and actors. Not just the person to shout lines upon request, script supervisors often serve as the Director or Writer’s ambassador in giving (sometimes unwanted) feedback to actors. Listen in for *lots of tips* on how to handle.

But first, we talk to Margery Kimbrough – an absolutely delightful and funny lady who counts Academy Award Nominees and Emmy and Golden Globe Winners such as Harriet, Fear the Walking Dead and The Good Lord Bird, among the dozens of films and TV shows she has scripted. Since 2005 she has also been script supervising for the fellows at the Sundance Directors Lab and occasionally teaches various aspects of Script Supervising through Cinema Workshops.

Hosted, Created & Produced by Caryn Ruby

Produced and Edited by Eden Woolworth

Sound Mixer Adam Carl

Original Music by Edith Mudge

Logo design by Sharon Watt

Episode artwork by Ana Ziegler Loes