A script coordinator is a role in the production of a

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. The script coordinator is responsible for producing each

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of the

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and annotating it for ease of use for the production team. On a television series the script coordinator is responsible for liaising between the writing and

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departments. The writers deliver the first

of a

to the script coordinator who prepares it for the production team and handles any clearance issues. Clearance refers to the need to check the

for potential legal problems and ensure that all names are cleared by the legal department. The script coordinator must check the

for proper formatting, spelling, punctuation and continuity before releasing the

. Once a

has been released, other members of the production team offer notes to the writers necessitating revisions to the

. The process of how widely each

is released (e.g. just to the writers, then to the writers and producers and then to the network) varies from show to show. aspiringtvwriter.blogspot.com, 5 Questions with a Writer's Assistant and Script Coordinator, Tuesday, July 17, 2012
/ref> With each round of revisions the script coordinator must ensure that the changes are clearly marked, re-issue the

and again check the

for errors. Many script coordinators are also responsible for foreign language translations and compiling a

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that tracks plot points and character introductions as a reference tool. A script coordinator is a distinct role from

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. A script supervisor is responsible for on-set annotation of the

for editing purposes rather than

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coordination of the

to facilitate production. A script coordinator is considered a junior role in the writing staff and becoming a full-time

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is typically a common promotion from being a script coordinator.

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