Continuity Response

A comment left on yesterday's blogs read: "That is very interesting. Continuity is something we don't usually notice until it's not there. Is that someone's particular job, keeping everything in sync?"

The answer to that is yes! The job title is "script supervisor" and the script supervisor on our show is wonderful. Her name is Diana Valentine and she makes sure that all of the lines are said correctly and that there is enough coverage that close-ups can be edited with master shots properly and so on. She also makes sure characters enter and exit from the correct side of the frame and she marks down which takes should be "printed," meaning takes the director wants to use for the show.

Each department is also responsible for continuity. Wardrobe is responsible for making sure the characters wear the correct outfits down to the details of shoes, rings, etc. since the show is often shot out of order. Props/set dressers are responsible for making sure the clutter on the coffee table is the same in each shot that takes place in that room that day and so on.

The way they are able to do this is every day after a scene they take photos of the actors, the set etc. On the back of the pictures they write which scene that picture is for. If things are left a certain way a sign is posted saying "HOT SET". To the cast and crew that means, "DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING IN THIS ROOM!"