[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Sometimes, instead of DAY or NIGHT at the end of a SLUGLINE/Location Description, you'll see CONTINUOUS. Basically, continuous refers to action that moves from one location to another without any interruptions in time. For example, in an action movie, the hero may run from the airport terminal into a parking garage. The sequence may include cuts, but the audience would perceive the action as a continuous sequence of events from the terminal to the lobby to the street to the garage to the second floor to a car etc. CONTINUOUS is generally optional in writing and cn be dropped altogether. For Example...[/FONT]
INT. AIRPORT LOBBY - DAY
JANET looks over her shoulder. The MEN IN BLACK are still after her,
toppling innocent passersby and sending luggage flying across the
linoleum floor. Janet faces forward again and nearly runs smack into
a nun. She apologizes wordlessly, glances back one last time before
pushing through the glass doors.
EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS
Janet stumbles to the curb, stopping short of the honking traffic
-- Los Angeles drivers. As a bus flies by, blasting her with wind, she
steps out into traffic. A car SWERVES to avoid her! She GASPS, looks
back. The men in black are there.
FLASH
Janet gets shot in the back by the men in black.
BACK TO SCENE
She shakes off the thought and hops up onto the curb opposite the
airport. She enters the parking garage.
INT. PARKING GARAGE - CONTINUOUS
BANG! A shot RICOCHETS into the garage. Janet SHRIEKS, her steps
faltering momentarily, but she recovers.
EXT. STREET
The men in black pocket their guns and enter the parking structure.
INT. PARKING GARAGE
They glance around. No one else is in sight. The men nod to each other
and draw their guns. FOOTSTEPS in the distance. One of the men points
at the stairs.
SECOND STORY
Janet, breathing heavily, makes her way to her car...
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]As you can see, I used CONTINUOUS for some of the sluglines ([/FONT]EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]) and dropped it for others ([/FONT]INT. PARKING GARAGE[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]). And it all represents no time passing between changes in location.[/FONT]
