What is a continuity writer?!


Question: and how much do they usually make...?


Answers: and how much do they usually make...?

A continuity writer is a writer that maintains the storyline of the series and makes sure it follows a continuous story.

They also make sure that the characters can't do what they are not supposed to do.

An example of this is in "InuYasha" - Inuyasha turns into a human form while the New Moon is up so somebody has to keep track of the moon phases in the series and make sure the story follows as such - after all it wouldn't make much sense if you had a full moon the night before the new moon.

Another example in the same series is the red tetsiaga - he can't use the technique until he learns it in an episode so the continuity would be ruined if he uses the technique before he learned how to do it.

Basically he just makes sure the story flows continuously.

As to how much they're paid - I have no idea.

NOTE: The original "Doctor Who" series became filled with continuity problems as the years wore on.

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Since continuity means fiction, a continuity writer is a author who writes fiction. If your writing and stories are good you can make a lot of money. Continuity writers usually change their stories to medias.

A continuity writer works on T.V shows and movies. They don't shoot the scenes in order, so they want to make sure the dialog and the sets and props are the same for all the shoots in a scene. The continuity person does that, so that even if they go back days later to redo a scene, it will look all the same in the finished product. I don't know how much they make, but I'm sure it's more than me !

A continuity writer is someone who edits a story so that it flows smoothly from beginning to end, no odd jumps, inaccuracies, contradictions, and so on. Not so dissimilar from an editor. Essentially their job is to take the output from the main writer(s) and piece it all together in the way that it was (sometimes arguably) intended to be.

Perhaps an example would be the writer is talking about a car built in 1955, the car might have inaccuracies in its description (a keyless entry system or some strange thing), so a continuity writer will correct those to match the time period. Also the writer may just jump from the description of that car to a description of a tree. It may not make any sense at all, so the continuity person will shuffle things around until it flows properly. Generally there is much consultation directly with the writers.

As to how much they earn, how long is a piece of string? It depends upon what they've done in the past and how successful they were.

Writers tend to be only as good as their last book in the eyes of the readers.

There's really two aspects to continuity: Scene continuity and Universe continuity.

Scene continuity is about making sure everything in the scene happens in a logical order. This wouldn't be nearly as big of a problem in anime/manga as it is in live-action movies. Generally, it arises from the fact that a scene will be shot dozens of times, with some major details changing each time.
Example: A scene is shot twice of a guy visiting a friend during the Winter. In one take, the guy removes his coat after line 10, in the other, he removes his coat after line 12. Through line 10, it doesn't matter which take you use for each camera shot. However if you use Take 2 Shot 10, Take 1 Shot 11, and Take 2 Shot 12 in the film, his coat will have been mysteriously removed, then put back on. This is an inconsistency that a continuity supervisor should have caught.

Universe Continuity is important in all fiction, but less of a problem in individual movies as well as manga written by a single author. This is where rules of the universe (either previously established or explained in detail later) are violated without giving a reason why the situation was different than the rules. For example, in Star Trek, there have been at least three completely different results from travelling at Warp 10 (which was supposed to be the fastest speed possible, even though in one TNG episode they go Warp 13). Or in Naruto, at one point, Sasuke's Sharingan gets an appearance that it couldn't have had yet because he hadn't trained it to have the power it would need to for that appearance (the anime team just didn't know the significance of that Sharingan look yet when they drew it).

a continuity writer is some that makes a world or universe and has those characters that live in that world or universe have memories of past event's and experience, in that world or universe which made canon as actually those that were there to experience it.


I always do. for example.
this video
Comic writer Roy Thomas explains the importance of creating a 'Marvel Universe'

http://www.spacecast.com/wvx/2006/02/hs_...



I hope that helps.



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