The final read before recording is not a polish pass. It is a last check for anything that survived every earlier revision and would embarrass you on camera.
Read it once, slowly, at recording pace. Fix only what is broken. Anything else can wait, because at this stage the goal is to ship a clean take.
Check for words you cannot say. Tongue twisters, foreign names, and tricky numbers all need a rehearsal before the camera rolls.
Check for anything factually shaky. A claim you cannot back up is worth cutting now, not apologizing for later.
Check the open and the ending once more. These are the two parts people remember, so they deserve the closest look.
The final read is not for making the script better. It is for making sure nothing in it will trip you up on camera.
Read the script the way you will deliver it, including pauses. Some lines look short on the page and take three breaths to say, and you want to know that now.
Mark the spots that need emphasis. A final read is a chance to plan your delivery, not just to proofread words.
Set a rule before you start. You get one final read, and you fix only clear problems. Without that rule, you will rewrite forever and never record.
Perfection is not the goal. A clean, confident take of a good script beats a perfect script that never gets filmed.
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