SINNERS Script Supervisor on Working with Ryan Coogler and Christopher Nolan | IN PROXIMITY S3E06

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When Ryan Coogler needed someone to track every detail on SINNERS – including Michael B. Jordan playing twin brothers Smoke and Stack – he called Steve Gehrke, the veteran script supervisor and longtime collaborator of Christopher Nolan. With credits that span MEMENTO, INCEPTION, THE DARK NIGHT, OPPENHEIMER, and the upcoming THE ODYSSEY, Gehrke shares what a Nolan set is like, how he keeps time straight in “Chris Nolan world,” meeting Coogler and working on SINNERS, what a scripty actually does, and why he still takes notes with an old school pencil. (00:00) Meeting Christopher Nolan in 1989 for MEMENTO (02:09) Voice Memo from producer Emma Thomas (04:06) Why Steve “doesn’t care” about the words in a script (05:10) Time and continuity in Chris Nolan world and MEMENTO (06:57) “Every movie that we do makes you think”: INCEPTION, DUNKIRK (07:55) Meeting Christopher Nolan (continued) and getting hired on the spot (08:20) Process for collaborating with Nolan as a script supervisor (09:42) THE ODYSSEY and the 25-year relationship (11:14) What a Nolan set is like (12:10) Preparing for a film, reading TENET (14:04) Breaking down a nonlinear script and making “paper dolls” (17:22) Story order vs. script order (18:44) Why the script supervisor is the on-set editor and keeping track of kisses (21:48) Continuity mental list, issues, eyelines (24:29) Meeting Ryan Coogler and working on SINNERS (28:11) Steve’s script supervisor toolkit and keeping it old school (30:46) The Script Supervising Process: Smoke & Stack Scene (35:03) The squiggles (35:33) How Steve learned the job (37:11) Prox Recs LEARN MORE AND READ THE TRANSCRIPT: https://www.proximitymedia.com SHOP OUR PROX RECS: https://bookshop.org/lists/prox-recs WATCH/LISTEN TO IN PROXIMITY YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzYqUBriBd9jNFIs193LhrtNNJ0wCbtDh&si=GgnL6ctyrIn4jwn7 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-proximity/id1671236843 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4OIbqX6M3pXU5zOJz1zkZX?si=8a0a8d6e30f64688 FOLLOW PROXIMITY MEDIA Instagram https://www.instagram.com/proximitymedia TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@proximitymedia Website https://www.proximitymedia.com IN PROXIMITY IS A PRODUCTION OF PROXIMITY MEDIA Host, Director, Producer: Paola Mardo Executive Producers: Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian Theme Song and Additional Music: Ludwig Göransson Co-Director and Director of Photography: Patrick Epino Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Ken Nana Editors: Patrick Epino, Brittani Brown, Ken Nana, A.J. Calomay Motion Graphics Designer: Apollo Baldoz Production Assistants: Isabella Miller, Devin Saddler Sound Production Assistant: Isabella Miller Post-Production Coordinator: Celine Mendiola Social Media Coordinator: Alexandria Santana Production Intern: Jun Sawada -- ABOUT PROXIMITY MEDIA We're the production company that helped bring you SINNERS, IRONHEART, EYES OF WAKANDA, CREED III, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED, ANTHEM, HOMEROOM, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER PODCAST & SOUNDTRACK, and more. Watch and listen to IN PROXIMITY podcast.