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From: friedman@h-sc1.UUCP (dawn friedman)
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Subject: Re: Re: What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950?
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 15:30:11 EDT
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> > > > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950?
> 
> Continuity Error
> 
> Typically, there is a person working on a film who is in charge of
> "continuity".  If someone's shirt becomes clean, the part in their
> hair changes sides, or they dry off over a few feet, it is
> continuity's fault.  It can be a Really tough job, given that movies
> are, in general, not shot in sequence.
  
It can be rough on the actors, or extras, involved as well.  Ephraim
Kishon has a pretty story about this in _Unfair to Goliath_.  If 
anyone has read this (unlikely) I'd like to know if the practices
described are at all realistic...
  
               Dawn Sharon
               (dsf/speaker)