Film continuity. Does it bother anybody else?

Shamikebab said:
The one I do notice all the time is certain stock noises, there is one sound effect that is used for the computers in Deus Ex that is used in all sort of films that I always notice.
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Some of the sound libraries have effects that once you notice them you never stop. Iirc the laser blasts from star wars are one, as is the hand chime in the likes of the Witcher soundtrack.
 
I notice things as well sometimes, it doesn’t bother me, but at the same time it’s all part of the enjoyment of movie watching if you do notice any minor mistake.
 
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I get annoyed that in 99% of films and TV series whenever anybody walks in front of a microphone it feedbacks.
I'll shout 'feedback' before it happens.

I do spot the odd continuity but that doesn't bother me as much as feedbacking mics.
 
One thing I always find annoying, and it only really happens in films in ye olden days, is where a scene is supposed to be set at night but it clearly being filmed in broad daylight, with the sun blaring down, sharp shadows all over the place, with just some filter over the lens to darken it a bit. I appreciate it that if they actually filmed it at night you wouldn't be able to see naff all, but it is the principle of the thing. Sort it out old films!
 
Bubo said:
One thing I always find annoying, and it only really happens in films in ye olden days, is where a scene is supposed to be set at night but it clearly being filmed in broad daylight, with the sun blaring down, sharp shadows all over the place, with just some filter over the lens to darken it a bit. I appreciate it that if they actually filmed it at night you wouldn't be able to see naff all, but it is the principle of the thing. Sort it out old films!
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Or when they’re in somewhere completely dark with no sources of light, but somehow everyone’s faces are lit up…
 
And also, when any cops/detectives go in to a house at night to investigate a crime, or look for a perp, rather than immediately switch the lights on, they will instead blind each other with magligtes. At least try the switch. X Files classic case in point. Most of my film grips are light source based as it happens.
 
Bubo said:
And also, when any cops/detectives go in to a house at night to investigate a crime, or look for a perp, rather than immediately switch the lights on, they will instead blind each other with magligtes. At least try the switch. X Files classic case in point. Most of my film grips are light source based as it happens.
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Like when film characters hold torches (fire ones) in front of their face in order to see whats in front of them, yeah, all you're going to see is the back of the fire you're holding.
 
Bluecube said:
One that I notice all the time is when actors hold their head a certain way, pull a face or have a certain expression. Then the scene flicks to another camera and they’re not doing whatever they were doing just a second previously. It’s annoying!
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Same feeling. The one that sticks out for me is in Heat when Neil (DeNiro) arrives at his house and Chris (Kilmer) is lay on the floor. Chris gets up and walks to the table/island and sits down. The next shot is from behind Chris and his total head is different from how he was as he sat down. That really winds me up. Watch it and you will see.
 
I think the older you get and the more you watch, the more you notice things and how they bug you.

Scenes where dialog has been stitched together, so you get shots of the back of somebody's head when they're clearly not talking. Guns not running out of ammo, having no recoil or using stock sounds. People getting shot and just shrugging it off with zero consequences.

Battle scenes where knights in full plate armour are felled with single swings of a sword. Cars surviving jumps or damage dukes of hazard style that would instantly ruin them. Or people just driving them weird in general, not using full throttle even though they are in a race/chase, but suddenly putting their foot down or changing gears acts like a speed boost.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace always makes me laugh with how much they commit to the bad continuity/filming mistake gags:

 
Bubo said:
One thing I always find annoying, and it only really happens in films in ye olden days, is where a scene is supposed to be set at night but it clearly being filmed in broad daylight, with the sun blaring down, sharp shadows all over the place, with just some filter over the lens to darken it a bit. I appreciate it that if they actually filmed it at night you wouldn't be able to see naff all, but it is the principle of the thing. Sort it out old films!
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The old Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee films sprung to mind when I read your post.
Although it was a common thing especially back then, I do still have a soft spot for it and notice it every time. :)
 
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Werewolf said:
Some of the sound libraries have effects that once you notice them you never stop. Iirc the laser blasts from star wars are one, as is the hand chime in the likes of the Witcher soundtrack.
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Wilhelm scream being the most famous. Wonder if there's a counter for how many times that's been used.....
 
It completely ruins a film or TV show for me(I don't know why) but probably the reason I hate so many films and TV.

I remember as a child watching the professionals and seeing a boom on screen and I finally understood irony.
 
My wife spotted one yesterday on Casualty.
Two Clinicians talking outside while it's pouring down and a woman with an umbrella walks behind them.
Camera comes behind them and it isn't raining but the same woman coming back with no umbrella.
Camera goes to original view and it's pouring down.
We wound it back to see if she was right.
 
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