Build your production prop continuity log.
Track prop positions and continuity notes against scenes and takes.
How to build your production prop continuity log
Describe the job
Track prop positions and continuity notes against scenes and takes.
Review the first version
Choose how the production coordinator records the scene and how the department lead reviews the next step.
Refine the views
Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.
Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
A production prop continuity log example
A prop changes between takes without a continuity note.
Production prop continuity log example
- Record
- Production prop continuity log · 01
- Owner
- Production coordinator
Current stage · Production coordinator
Open the scene
A prop changes between takes without a continuity note.
Read the full walkthrough
Open the scene
A prop changes between takes without a continuity note.
- Record:
- Production prop continuity log · 01
- Owner:
- Production coordinator
Review the continuity issue
Link the discrepancy to the relevant takes so the coordinator can request a correction.
- Stage:
- Awaiting department lead review
- Owner:
- Department lead
Keep the mismatched prop position flagged for the continuity review
Keep the mismatched prop position flagged for the continuity review.
- Next action:
- Keep the mismatched prop position flagged for the continuity review.
- Owner:
- Production manager
What to include in your production prop continuity log
Keep the scene in context
Keep scene, take, prop reference, position note, photo reference and continuity issue together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A prop changes between takes without a continuity note. Link the discrepancy to the relevant takes so the coordinator can request a correction.
Keep continuity issue visible
Keep the mismatched prop position flagged for the continuity review.
Choose what each person needs
Give the production coordinator a working view and the department lead a review view. Keep scene and take attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about production prop continuity log
Start with scene, take, prop reference, position note, photo reference and continuity issue. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.