film:continuity

Checked continuity against the script and prior shots.

A film is seldom shot in story order, so one screen moment can come from takes filmed weeks apart. The continuity supervisor watches each take and compares it against the screenplay and the shots already filmed, tracking dialogue, action, props, wardrobe, hair, makeup, and eyelines. These observations fill a lined script and a continuity log. Working from the screenwriter's script and the director's blocking, the supervisor passes those notes to the film editor. The trade keeps a fragmented shoot reading as one continuous world.