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Script Supervisors Feel Cheated
We are NOT "miscellaneous crew", but because IMDB calls us that anyway, our "known for" sections are a complete disaster.
As a script supervisor in film/tv, I have one of the most important jobs on set. Any entertainment industry professional can vouch for that. During production, it's me, the director, the DP, and the 1st AD who are right in the fire. Yet, on IMDB, script supervisors have always been listed under "miscellaneous crew" as if we're not all that important. It's bothered us for years, but with your recent changes to the "known for" section it's now a complete disaster. Now all of our IMDB pages look terrible because the "known for" list is chosen by highest department. I've worked on major motion pictures but now instead of showing those, my page shows no-name films from college because I happened to be a set dresser, casting assistant, or even a PA (why that would ever come before script supervisor blows my mind). Producers and directors constantly use IMDB for hiring and now we all look like we've done squat. IMDB has essentially destroyed our resumes.
I know users can change the "known for" section if they have imdbPro but that's literally the only reason a script supervisor would need pro and it's just not worth the money. I signed up for the 30 day trial to take care of it for now because it's that terrifying to have it look so bad as a freelancer, but please, I'm begging IMDB to either change the "known for" rules or finally fix our category. Make a "continuity" department and put it in the area of priority it deserves. Or even list us in an already existent category that's more appropriate. Otherwise, your website will be viewed as less valuable and less reliable in this industry, and will become obsolete to a big chunk of professionals who rely on it to quickly assess a contractor's experience.
As a script supervisor in film/tv, I have one of the most important jobs on set. Any entertainment industry professional can vouch for that. During production, it's me, the director, the DP, and the 1st AD who are right in the fire. Yet, on IMDB, script supervisors have always been listed under "miscellaneous crew" as if we're not all that important. It's bothered us for years, but with your recent changes to the "known for" section it's now a complete disaster. Now all of our IMDB pages look terrible because the "known for" list is chosen by highest department. I've worked on major motion pictures but now instead of showing those, my page shows no-name films from college because I happened to be a set dresser, casting assistant, or even a PA (why that would ever come before script supervisor blows my mind). Producers and directors constantly use IMDB for hiring and now we all look like we've done squat. IMDB has essentially destroyed our resumes.
I know users can change the "known for" section if they have imdbPro but that's literally the only reason a script supervisor would need pro and it's just not worth the money. I signed up for the 30 day trial to take care of it for now because it's that terrifying to have it look so bad as a freelancer, but please, I'm begging IMDB to either change the "known for" rules or finally fix our category. Make a "continuity" department and put it in the area of priority it deserves. Or even list us in an already existent category that's more appropriate. Otherwise, your website will be viewed as less valuable and less reliable in this industry, and will become obsolete to a big chunk of professionals who rely on it to quickly assess a contractor's experience.
david_b_jacobs
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erica_orosco_cruz
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christy_teichmann
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8 years ago
We are a necessary component to making a film, show, and a production. Also please allow us to chose our own "Known For" projects. We have waited long enough for IMDB to respect our profession.
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nicole_dillinger
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chris_searcey
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8 years ago
I know this issue has been raised many times before, but as a paying IMDB Pro member, a paying union member, a professional-working script supervisor & department head that's a very integral part of the crew and production process - as all script supervisor's are - can IMDB PLEASE create a proper category/department listing for us and remove script supervisors from the "miscellaneous crew" listing that it has us in now? Can we please be listed in a proper & deserved department category as script supervisor/continuity? For all the work that we do and all that is needed from us by a production, it's a great injustice and a huge insult to improperly list us as "miscellaneous crew." We may only be a department of one, but we are a department nonetheless. Personally, I don't believe the "miscellaneous" category should exist at all for any paid crew member, but that's an entirely different battle. I know this issue has been brought to the attention of IMDB in the past, I know that various petitions have been created & signed in regards to this, yet IMDB has ignored all of them. However, I still feel the need to request this change in the hopes that IMDB will PLEASE take this issue seriously, not making excuses and change, address and resolve this issue promptly. As a paying IMDB member and a working, professional script supervisor, I ask that you give us what we deserve with the work we do on-set and what we are paying IMDB for, which is an accurate department head listing amongst the crew breakdown. Thank you... looking forward to IMDB making this well-deserved change for us VERY SOON without excuse.
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mia_carvalho
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brandon_scott_jensen
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brandon_scott_jensen
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8 years ago
Please create a seperate Continuity section for Script supervisor. Not long ago locations department was also in "Misc crew." Suddenly it has its own section.
The same needs to be done for Script supervisor. We are our own department QUITE different from production assistants which you lump us into with this credit.
As a scripty, I am a department head and on set given the respect I do not get from IMDB. Please change this.
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