Assistant Directors & Script Supervision


Last updated on February 16th, 2022 at 12:18 pm

The following jobs are within the department Assistant Directors & Script Supervision.

  • 1st Assistant Director
  • 2nd Assistant Director
  • 3rd Assistant Director
  • Casual Asst. Directors
  • Script Supervisor/Continuity

In Australian A-Z Budget — Feature Films these roles are in section C.3 Assistant Directors & Script Supervision.

Assistant Directors & Script Supervision is Below-The-Line. The-Line is said to differentiate the team responsible for the creative control of a motion picture from the technicians and crafts-people who make the film. More accurately Above-The-Line personnel are attached during the Development phase of a production while Below-The-Line crew are hired once the financing is in place and Preproduction begins. Costume, Art and Makeup departments are creative, but they still fall Below-The-Line.

Assistant Directors & Script Supervision is considered Labour by unions such as MEAA so their minimum rates of pay are defined in the standard industrial agreements for each production sector.

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