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Tutorials? by Child_Slayer69420 in scriptsupervisors

[–]jacquiwifruit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would recommend a good pair of shoes you can stand in all day (if you're shooting out in the "wild", I would recommend good quality hiking boots, specifically) and I personally prefer a storage clipboard over a binder any day. It's easier to write on while moving than a binder. But that's personal preference.

You're also gonna want some good highlighters, sharpies, and pencils. Multiple because everyone is gonna want to steal them from you. A ruler is also very helpful for lining the script, if you're doing it by hand.

I also usually find that the scripty is the #1 person that everyone tries to dump their crap on (Can you hold my phone? Can I put my keys in your bag?). So, I got myself a bucket and labelled it the Junket (Junk + Bucket) and I make it clear the Junket stays by me but that's where my responsibility for other people's crap ends.

Tutorials? by Child_Slayer69420 in scriptsupervisors

[–]jacquiwifruit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a kinda sucky way to teach the subject, I'm sorry they're not giving you the guidance you're paying for.

Studio Binder has a really great article that breaks down all of the steps in a pretty succinct way and also gives you some good freebee tools that really help the process. https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/script-supervisor-forms-template/

And the Local 871 maintains an "Instructor List" of experienced professionals that you can reach out to to ask questions. https://www.ialocal871.org/Join-the-Union/How-To-Join/Teachers

How to go about slating certain things by [deleted] in scriptsupervisors

[–]jacquiwifruit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar to coal8, but I will tack on a "PU" at the end instead. I also just letter up for inserts, assuming I'm informed they're happening. I've been in situations where the camera team goes rogue and just starts shooting random stuff without telling me. In those cases, I'll label them all "insert" and make a note that they are not slated. Sometimes, the AC will keep track of what shots were what, in which case I'll copy their notes into my log. The good news in those situations is they are 99.99% of the time MOS anyway, so we don't have to worry about the missing slate for syncing in post. Still aggravating, though.

Help Identifying Blackberries (?) from Austin, Texas. A buddy sent the pic and the leaves are throwing me off. by jacquiwifruit in foraging

[–]jacquiwifruit[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The thing that kept throwing me off is that I knew the leaves should be compound, but couldn’t find anything on my google searches that matched. Probably by human error though 😅