Script Supervisors

Here is what we have to work with. We supply script supervisors who safeguard scene matching and track coverage on Austrian shoots. Our script supervisors keep scene matching of action, dialogue, props and wardrobe, log each take, track screen time, and give the editor with detailed notes. We brief them on your script, schedule and shooting plan, then confirm openings against your shoot dates.

Here is how this works in practice. A careful script supervisor is key on any production. Above all on the precisely constructed films Austria is known for, where scene matching errors would undermine the formal control of the work. Our script supervisors work fluently in English and German and integrate seamlessly with global and DACH-region crews. We contract under the Kollektivvertrag terms set by the Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft within the WKO.

Set up the script supervisor with the director, first AD and editor so scene matching and coverage hold from set through to the cut.

Here is the short of it. The script supervisor's discipline of precision suits Austrian cinema specific well. The country's auteur custom — the long, exactly composed takes of Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon' and 'Amour', the controlled structure of Jessica Hausner's films, the careful form of Goetz Spielmann's Oscar-nominated 'Revanche' — depends on flawless scene matching and coverage, and script supervisors are trained to that exacting standard. The Filmakademie Wien, the film academy of the mdw where Haneke taught, builds this attention to craft into its training.

Here is the breakdown. Austrian script supervisors work in both German and English, valuable on the global co-productions the country often hosts, and EU freedom of movement lets shoots draw on skilled crew from across the DACH region. Their careful notes feed directly into the editing room, supporting the precise, well-constructed films recognised each year at the Oesterreichischer Filmpreis and the Diagonale in Graz.