[net.movies] Synchronicity

cde@cornell.UUCP (04/30/84)

I saw "Romancing the Stone" yesterday.  Having read the
discussion here about the hero's untimely reference to
"Jesse", I took particular notice when the credits rolled
for the person in charge of Continuity.  It is one Carolyn
Wookey.  Hmmmm....

apratt@iuvax.UUCP (05/14/84)

If I'm not mistaken, "continuity" in films and TV does not relate to
foreknowledge, but to things like how far the cigarette in the actor's hand
has burned. If it's fresh at one point, and the next camera angle shows it
half gone, and the next shows it fresh, you've lost continuity. It is up to
the scriptwriters to keep references like that out of the picture.
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