What the report shows
The top half is times; the bottom half is what got done and the totals.
THE LONG DRIVE Script Supervisor Daily Report Day 6 of 18 3/10
Crew call 6:30A First shot 7:52A Lunch 12:30P to 1:00P
First shot after lunch 1:24P Camera wrap 7:10P
| Scene | Status | Pages | Setups | Screen time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Complete | 2 3/8 | 14 | 2:41 |
| 15pt | Part (Joe at register) | 4/8 of 6/8 | 5 | 0:29 |
| 31 | Not shot | |||
| Today | 2 7/8 | 19 | 3:10 | |
| Previously | 41 4/8 | 212 | 46:20 | |
| Total to date | 44 3/8 | 231 | 49:30 | |
| Script total | 98 4/8 |
Check the arithmetic: 2 3/8 plus 4/8 is 2 7/8. Add 41 4/8 and you get 44 3/8. The minutes go the same way, 3:10 plus 46:20 is 49:30.
Many reports also list wild lines recorded, sound-only takes, and scenes where dialogue changed enough to affect the script timing.
Part scenes and page credit
Scene 15 is 6/8 of a page, and only the half at the register got shot. The script supervisor credits the page eighths actually covered (4/8) and marks the scene "pt" so it stays on the schedule for the remaining 2/8. Credit the whole scene and the schedule will look ahead of where it is; credit none of it and the day looks worse than it was. Either way the error carries into the daily production report.
Who uses it
The 2nd AD copies scenes, pages, setups, and times straight into the DPR. The 1st AD and UPM watch pages per day against the plan. The editor and post supervisor use the screen time total to see whether the cut is heading long; the script supervisor's pre-production timing of the script gives the target to compare against.
Where mistakes come from
Totals that don't carry forward from the previous day's report are the usual problem, followed by setups counted differently from the 2nd AD's count. Agree definitions early. It also matters that the times on this report match the DPR and Exhibit G. If the scripty writes first shot at 7:52 and the DPR says 7:45, someone will ask which is right.
The detailed take notes live separately in the continuity report and the lined script. The script supervisor page covers the job, and the page count calculator helps with eighths.