Continuity Supervisor, 4th Edition

Working on Documentary-Type Productions: 2

Costume

Costume details should be noted, especially if members of the public, dressed in their own clothes, are involved. If clothes continuity is important, then Mr Bloggs, whose geraniums won first prize at the flower show, must be tactfully asked to wear the same scruffy gardening clothes on three successive days of shooting. Where a presenter is seen in different locations, all shot out of sequence, then continuity of clothes should be carefully worked out and discussed in advance.

Basic Continuity

Simple, basic continuity should be observed, such as exits and entrances and moves within a shot. Attention should be paid, as far as possible, to the conventions of single-camera shooting such as the ...