Continuity Supervisor, 4th Edition

Timing on Location

There are two ways of getting a reasonably accurate timing of each scene, which you can then add cumulatively to other scenes which have been shot in order to establish

1. how much edited footage has been shot, and
2. the overall running time of the production, at every stage of shooting.

Timing a Rehearsal

If a scene is rehearsed in its entirety before being broken down into shots, take a timing.

Adding Together the Durations of the Shots

If a scene is not rehearsed in its entirety, then you should add together the duration of each shot. It is important, however, to discount overlaps, otherwise the figure you get for the scene will be a complete nonsense! In order to work out the timing of the overlap you can read it through yourself ...