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Script Editor

Editorial development role (especially UK TV): story notes, drafts and series bible with writers.

Duties

• Read the call sheet and sides before arriving
• Maintain radio/set etiquette and H&S
• Hand over notes/kit status at wrap
• Notes on drafts
• Series continuity of story
• Liaise writers and producers
• Maintain bibles and outlines

Reports to

Producer / Script Executive / Showrunner (TV)

Works with

Writers, Producer, Script Coordinator, Continuity on set occasionally

Career path

Story / development assistant → Script Editor → Story Producer

Day to day

Read and note drafts; writers’ room support; protect continuity of story; liaise production on locked pages.

Call times

Script Supervisor usually matches unit call and wraps with camera; notes land in editorial after wrap. Script Editor/Coordinator follow office/editorial hours more than unit call.

What to wear

Quiet blacks on set; layers for weather; comfortable shoes for long days.

Tools & kit

Script Supervisor kit (laptop/tablet, stopwatch, forms), plentiful batteries, weather cover for paperwork.

Tips

Development role — distinct from Script Supervisor on set.

Software

• Final Draft / WriterDuet
• Notion / Drive bibles
• ChatGPT for structural prompts (writers remain authors)
• ScriptE / Final Draft / Movie Magic Screenwriter
• PDF annotation tools
• Excel continuity logs
• ChatGPT for draft continuity queries (never replace on-set notes)

Related roles

Series Producer (TV), Producer

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