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You may also have noticed that dialogue is listed with letters next to it—for example, Scene 3, Slate 13, Take 2
lists “Dialogue A-E”. This is a simple and effective way for the script supervisor to quickly identify which sec-
tions from the dialogue were spoken during a particular slate or take. Letters are used to avoid confusion with
slates and take numbers and also are listed on the continuity script.
The last two pages of the continuity shot list ends with a list of ADR recordings (for more on ADR, see Chapter
13) and a continuity key guide that runs through all the abbreviations used. With these facts at hand you can
easily start to form a picture of what occurred during each take before you even start to review the rushes.
The continuity script
Let's now take a look at the continuity script, which is also known as a marked-up script, because the script su-
pervisor marks the continuity on the original shooting script. You'll notice there are a number of vertical lines
drawn on the script, showing you the script coverage for each individual slate. These show how many slates
were taken and also the type of shot used.
For instance, referring to the continuity script for Scene 2 (see Figure 1.6), you can see “6/1” listed, which
means Slate 6, Take 1. Below this, a red line indicates the approximate script coverage for this slate. There's
also a short reference that this shot depicts Katie's (K) point-of-view (POV). If you now refer back to the con-
tinuity shot list and look up Slate 6, Take 1, you can see these same details cross-referenced there also. The shot
list also adds the note “Katie look up at window, curtain twitches. OK” and that the shot is 1 second in duration
and recorded without sound.
Because we've supplied only the best takes for you to use, the continuity script and shot list show only the actu-
al takes that we've supplied. In usual continuity practice, Slate 4/2 would indicate that for Slate 4, two takes
were recorded and available for the editor to use. However, for the purposes of this topic, Slate 4/2 signifies that
only Take 2 is available for Slate 4. When we have provided more takes for a particular slate, this too is indic-
ated on the continuity script. For example, “Scene 5, 80/2 & 3” shows that Takes 2 and 3 have been supplied for
you as well.
It's worth noting that during the shoot, the cast improvised their dialogue in some of the scenes, so both the
shooting script and continuity scripts are not verbatim.
