Continuity Supervisor, 4th Edition

Introduction

There you stand, dressed in your oldest jeans and thickest sweater (unless you’re unbelievably lucky and start in fine weather): a stopwatch resting imposingly upon your bosom – maybe a Polaroid camera also – and a clipboard clutched as a lifeline in front of you. Pencils, ready sharpened, are secreted somewhere about your person; virginal continuity notes and unmarked pages of script lie neatly gathered under the clip on top of your clipboard, and securely tethered (in case of high winds) with a large rubber band. You may, being prepared for any eventualities, have a sheet of plastic covering the paperwork. In your capacious waterproof bag somewhere near your feet are spare copies of the script and the schedule, together with spare ...