Continuity, fittings, tests & multiples · Specialist
Costume continuity
ELI5
The accurate matching of wardrobe state across shots, scenes and shooting days.
Used in conversation
“The treatment should show the costume continuity clearly enough for the department to plan it.”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Costume continuity” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.
Connected terms
- Make-up continuityComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14