2021 Four Corners Virtual Film Festival

Pre-Recorded Workshop - Script Supervising 101 (with Hannah Driscoll)

Expired January 1, 2022 6:45 AM
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Learn the basics of script supervising. From pre-production and script breakdowns, to a day in the life on set, this position has many different facets. We make sure the director's vision is organized for post production, and that everything will cut together in the final edit. If you appreciate being meticulously detailed, and love spreadsheets, then this is the job for you. 


Talking points include: 

-the different types of script supervising jobs (long vs short form)

-prep and script breakdowns

-the layers of continuity

-a day in the life on set

-how to look like a pro next to a director

Hannah Driscoll is a script supervisor, writer, and new director of the short film, From This Day Forward (2019). Known for script supervising the TV shows Adam Ruins Everything (2018-2019) and PEN15 (2018), as well as the features Lost Transmissions (2018) and Plus One (2017). She script supervises anything from features and shorts to television shows and commercials, switching between the different mediums frequently. With her photographic memory and quick adaptation skills, she can work with many different directors and shooting styles efficiently from the first day on set.


While studying screenwriting at California State University Long Beach, she was drawn towards European New Wave Cinema and studied French, Romanian, and Italian films as well. Finding fulfillment in script supervising student films during her years in college, Hannah worked as a freelance script supervisor her first year out of college. After that year, Hannah decided to take five years off to become a freelance writer, getting her articles routinely published in magazines across the US and Canada. In 2015, she decided to switch back into filmmaking, returning to script supervising after getting certified by Randi Feldman. Her recent directorial debut has sparked her interest in pursuing directing as well, and she plans to follow this interest in the future, alone with growing her script supervising resume.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    60 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Cast
    Hannah Driscoll