Make-up continuity

ELI5

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

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

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.

Costume continuityComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.