Continuity 101 (or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Scripty)
- Q & A on just what it is that Continuity / Script Supervisors actually do...
Got it. Performance Continuity?
Similar. I don’t actually look at performance – that is very much outside my remit. And I can’t watch performance per se, as I am somewhat occupied constantly scanning all the other things that are part of my remit.[1][2] Hence the only aspect of performance I’m actively watching is continuity of performance.
In theory watching for performance continuity covers making sure[3] that Marla isn’t crying in one shot and ecstatic the next.[4] You might think this isn’t likely to come up (and that I should keep well out if it does), and you’d generally be right. At least with adult human actors.[5]
But if say there are performance variations between takes – Take 4 was the low-key withdrawn one, Take 7 the Here’s Johhhnny one – someone needs to be keeping track of which is which and which is being used for matching when we come to the subsequent shot in two weeks time. Someone = me.
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3 Comments To "Got it. Performance Continuity?"
#1 Comment By Diane Hounsell On August 12, 2009 @ 5:40 am
Aw, come on, tell us about the greyhounds!
I’m sure it was similar to the border collies I worked with…
#2 Comment By That Continuity Guy On August 14, 2009 @ 12:07 am
I said don’t ask.
#3 Comment By That Continuity Guy On August 14, 2009 @ 12:12 am
Although I can say that not all greyhounds like to run.