Continuity Work
Mar 27th, 2009 by Alan Yu
One thing that you have to look out for when it comes to shooting a film that takes days to complete is the continuity of your appearance. Example, imagine filming this one scene that requires days to do. As you know, things like your hair grow or imagine if it is styled a certain way. You pretty much have to say trim it every few days to make sure it is consistent throughout the shoot.
I had that happen once in school where we shot part of a film and then took like a two week break. Afterwards, I had to make sure that the haircut I got was very similar to what I had on the day of the shoot. Time consuming I must say.
Can’t imagine what it’s like for makeup artists too when it comes to projects that require things like scars and other wild getups.
Totally agree that continuity is ever so important in production. A lot of people don’t realize just how much prep needs to be considered and pay the price later down the line.
Some good stuff on this blog.
Thanks
Kirk