Ascript coordinator is a role in the production of afilm ortelevision series. The script coordinator is responsible for producing eachdraft of thescript and annotating it for ease of use for the production team.
On a television series the script coordinator is responsible for liaising between the writing andproduction departments. The writers deliver the firstdraft of ascript to the script coordinator who prepares it for the production team and handles any clearance issues. Clearance refers to the need to check thescript for potential legal problems and ensure that all names are cleared by the legal department.[1]
The script coordinator must check thedraft for proper formatting, spelling, punctuation and continuity before releasing thedraft. Once ascript has been released, other members of the production team offer notes to the writers necessitating revisions to thescript. The process of how widely eachdraft is released (e.g. just to the writers, then to the writers and producers and then to the network) varies from show to show.[2]
With each round of revisions the script coordinator must ensure that the changes are clearly marked, re-issue thescript and again check thescript for errors. Many script coordinators are also responsible for foreign language translations and compiling ashow bible that tracks plot points and character introductions as a reference tool.
A script coordinator is a distinct role fromscript supervisor. A script supervisor is responsible for on-set annotation of thescript for editing purposes rather thanpre-production coordination of thescript to facilitate production. A script coordinator is considered a junior role in the writing staff and becoming a full-timescreenwriter is typically a common promotion from being a script coordinator.
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