Also known as script supervisor's lined script · tramline script
The script supervisor's copy of the shooting script, marked with vertical lines showing which camera setups covered which lines of each scene — the editor's map of what was shot.
Each vertical line drawn down a page stands for one camera setup: where it starts and stops shows exactly which action and dialogue that setup covers. A wavy stretch of line commonly marks lines a character speaks off camera in that setup.
Facing the lined pages, the script supervisor keeps notes on every setup: take numbers, which takes the director preferred, timings, lens details, and continuity such as which hand held the cup. Together they let an editor find coverage for any line without scrubbing through footage, and let a later pickup shot match what was already filmed.
For writers, the lined script is where the page's journey ends — script lines become shots. Dialogue changed on the day shows up here, which is why script supervisors also log departures from the page. It depends on stable scene and page numbers from the locked script.
Tracks what was actually shot against the script: lining coverage, logging takes and timings, noting dialogue changes, and keeping continuity consistent from shot to shot.
Each vertical line is one camera setup, drawn over the part of the scene it covers. A wavy section commonly marks lines where that character is off camera in the shot.
It starts as a copy of the locked shooting script and becomes a record of coverage. The shooting script says what to shoot; the lined script shows what was shot.
