Specialised Observation
Having set up the production, you turn up on location on the first day of shooting and do … what? What is the first requisite for doing the job of continuity?
Before writing the continuity report you must observe what is happening in each shot. So the paramount requirement for the job is having the ability to observe, to notice things. But it is wrong to say ‘observation’ and leave it at that. One is observing things all the time – certain things make an impression and are retained in some form or another in the brain, while other things are seen, but in a generalised way, and no clear imprint is made.
Accurate Observation
No two people retain the identical impression of a scene or event. Eyewitnesses at a road accident, ...
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