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Who records lens, f-stop, filter and exposure data for continuity: the script supervisor, the second AC, or both?

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Public role descriptions assign lens and exposure records differently: the ScreenSkills script supervisor description includes recording ISO, colour temperature and per-camera lens, focal length, t-stop, filters and non-standard shutter/FPS; IATSE Local 634 says the script supervisor may note lenses, focal length and zoom 'as a courtesy to the Camera Department'; the FSU film handbook has the 2nd AC complete a camera continuity log only when there is no script supervisor, otherwise a camera report. Curator qualifications: Form column lists (E2, E3) and the Cooke single-lens anecdote about falsified camera reports (E6) not reinspected. C2-B25-B3 S10 confidential-marking hold preserved; not consulted. Document text only. Limitations: UK training body, US union local and a US film school handbook; practice varies by production. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.screenskills.com/media/7610/final-jd-script-supervisor-110523.pdf",
      "note": "ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.iatselocal634.com/assets/script-department-positions-and-descriptions-2025.pdf",
      "note": "ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/",
      "note": "ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fsufilmhandbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Camera-Report.pdf",
      "note": "ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fsufilmhandbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Camera-Continuity-Log.pdf",
      "note": "ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cookeoptics.com/news-and-events/filmmaking-with-a-single-lens/",
      "note": "ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/"
    }
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Public role descriptions assign lens and exposure records differently: the ScreenSkills script supervisor description includes recording ISO, colour temperature and per-camera lens, focal length, t-stop, filters and non-standard shutter/FPS; IATSE Local 634 says the script supervisor may note lenses, focal length and zoom 'as a courtesy to the Camera Department'; the FSU film handbook has the 2nd AC complete a camera continuity log only when there is no script supervisor, otherwise a camera report. · locator: ScreenSkills script supervisor job description PDF (lines 63-68); IATSE Local 634 script department positions 2025 PDF (lines 5-9); fsufilmhandbook.com/camera-continuity-log/ source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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