Continuity
Most people are familiar with the fundamental problem of continuity in film-making; e.g. someone who was out in a storm enters a room … and appears completely dry! Because sequences are shot in the most convenient order (which is usually different from the final edited running order), errors and incongruities can easily arise.
Regular continuity problems
• Temporal discontinuity. When the visual clues to the passing of time are inconsistent in successive shots; i.e. clock time, seasons, ageing.
• Physical discontinuity. Variation in appearance or physical state between shots; clothing, action, items being consumed or used; e.g. wearing a raincoat in one shot, but not the next.
• Location discontinuity. A person unexplainedly changes ...
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