Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Continuity, fittings, tests & multiples · Specialist

Make-up continuity

ELI5

The accurate matching of hair, make-up, wounds, dirt and grooming across shots and scenes.

Used in conversation

“Check the make-up continuity against the previous scene before the next take.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Make-up 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

  • Costume 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.