The Secrets of Movie Making
instinct that is latent in every camera zealot.
Look at the question from the viewpoint of your prospective audience. Every moviegoer who has seen good and bad movies is sensitive to continuity. He may not be consciously aware of it – he may never even have heard of the term – but it has had its influence on him just the same.
He takes it for granted when he sees a good motion picture: he knows the picture is moving smoothly from scene to scene, sequence to sequence, climax to climax.
If the picture-, however, moves jerkily, without coherence or flow – if continuity is lacking – the moviegoer feels its absence even though he cannot say in so many words what is lacking.
Your audience, your friends, and you will miss it as much whether your picture is for public showing or for persona’ pleasure.
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