What is Continuity?
{{no sources|date=February 2025}} '''Continuity''' is a word used when talking about art, especially ''serial art''. Serial art is when an [[artist]] paints several pictures which all have something to do with each other. ==Examples== ===Pop culture=== The six [[Star Wars]] films tell one long story which ''continues'' from part to part. This is where the word ''continuity'' comes from. Continuity refers to consistency from part to part, i.e. everything should fit together like one whole piece. At the end of the Star Wars film [[The Empire Strikes Back]], [[Luke Skywalker]] loses one of his [[Hand|hands]]. In the next film, [[Return of the Jedi]], he has a fake hand to replace the one he lost. If he had his real hand again, it wouldn't make sense. The audience would say, did not he lose his hand in the last one? Continuity is making sure things make sense. ===Art=== Sometimes the word is used to refer to any work of art, like just one film. For instance, a [[woman]] has a full [[glass ]]of [[wine]] in one shot. In the next shot, the wine is gone. In a third shot, she has a full glass of wine again. That scene would have very poor continuity: it does not make sense, and it reminds the audience that they are watching a movie. Poor continuity is continuity that does not make sense and usually has mistakes. ===Books=== In [[United States of America|American]] comic books, many different characters live in the same world. For instance, [[Superman]] and [[Aquaman]] live in the same world. But if Superman goes to [[Atlantis]] and it's different than Aquaman's Atlantis, it does not make sense. If they are in the same world, Atlantis should be the same no matter who visits it. Making sure that all the different [[Story|stories]] and characters fit together is working with continuity. Sometimes, the word is used to talk about the stories themselves. [[Category:The arts]] [[Category:Culture]] [[Category:Humanities]] [[Category:Entertainment]]