to watch for. Script supervisors are the best in the business at keeping continuity during a movie shoot. They are worth their weight in gold when they spot a continuity problem during filming that will come back and haunt a filmmaker during post production. If the movie budget can’t swing the cost of a script supervisor then here are a couple of tips that can help keep continuity. You won’t catch all of them when you go into post production, but you will avoid more errors.
I got this tip on continuity from another filmmaker that has used it with great success. Have the actor(s) keep track of their own continuity in each scene. Ask them to make a mental note of the hand they are holding a prop with in a scene, where they should physically positioned in a scene or down to what wardrobe they are supposed to be wearing. Actors can help production avoid many common