Sharon is fully 'Hollywood' and 'UK' trained and experienced in Script Supervision/ Continuity for both Feature Films and Sitcoms (multi-camera work).  This includes both film (celluloid) and digital (tape and solid state).

Examples of her work are available upon request.  Please contact sharon_odams@hotmail.com for further information.

Most recent credits include:

• The Golden Boy
• Blackberry Stains
• Colour Blind
• New Lease
• The Child
• Heavens
• Hippocritic Oath
• One Night Odyssey
• The Travelling Salesman
• A Taste of Heaven

Recent Pictures on 'Heavens' - taken by www.butlermadden.com:

Script Supervising/ Continuity - background info

There are four main areas of support covered by Script Supervising/ Continuity:

Director

The director is extremely busy on set, focusing on artistic (e.g. actors, visuals) and technical (e.g. equipment, crew) aspects, making decisions continuously, which leaves little time to track accurately what has actually been shot.  The Script Supervisor focuses on the following:

• Capturing accurately which shots have been taken, covering which areas of the script.  This ensure the director is obtaining enough coverage to achieve a finished product, and secondly to achieve the vision the director preconceived.
• Displaying it, so that, at a moment's review, the director can be clear what is left to be shot
• Capturing the progress in relation to expected progress - and helping determine whether the project will be completed on time, and hence what shots the director may have to review and reschedule
• Tracking which shots are preferred for quick editing and cutting for dailies
• A clear description of the shot that is taken - things can be forgotten!

Editor

A meeting with the editor prior to commencing photography is imperative to ensuring the notes taken are of use to the editor.  Clear notes is key!

• Preferences of the director are captured.  In the case of film, only those takes are developed and printed for use by the editor, ready for digitising and cutting
• Slate numbers are captured and cross-referenced with the script for ease of finding the relevant bit of film/ digital clip/ digital tape location
• A description is taken to give the editor an idea of where to find the type of coverage appropriate for the cut

Continuity

One of the biggest quibbles noticed by the viewing public is incontinuities - you know the ones, where she's eating a bagel in one take or scene, and then eating a danish in the next one.  Not good!  Whilst we are not the only department responsible for reducing the occurances of this, we do our best to ensure these incontinuities are minimized.  Of course, the weather can always change...!

• Copious notes are taken of actions of actors (usually related to lines of dialogue), what they are weating, where they go, what they do, their actions
• Still photos are also taken to help with continuity

Producer

The biggest challenge for the Producer is to ensure the project comes in on time and on budget.  The Script Supervisor tracks progress against how much there is left to shoot.  Hence the Producer has an indication of whether corrective action is required.

• Daily reports of shots taken, takes shot, the number of pages covered, and estimated screen time

The Script Supervisor is a core member of the team - make sure the Script Supervisor's skills are utilised to best effect!

Stills Photographer

Everyone is so busy working and creating a moving image on film, that they forget that they theymselves are art!  These photographs, taken of the crew and cast whilst working, can be used for the following:

• Marketing
• Public Relations
• Media Publishing
• Keepsakes for crew and cast
• Self-promotion