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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: key grip
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 08:25:03 EST
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Almost right.  The key grip does indeed make sure that
everything is on the set as it was after the last take.
However, it is the continuity girl (rarely mentioned
in the credits- I dated one a long time ago) who makes
sure that everything is in its proper plece.  How many
times have we seen something out of place in a scene
then back in place again during a different angle?
I always like the ones where some guy's tie is different
in a scene from different angles.  My favorite goof
though was during a big budget western when the cavalry was
attacking the indians and some guy in a blue suit with a red
tie stepped out from behind a tree in the background, took out
a camera, took a picture, and stepped behind the tree again.
Of course we have all seen the vapour trails in the sky
in the movie "The Big Sky".  

Three cheers for the continuity girl.
T. C. Wheeler