Continuity Lists are required by studios when delivered by production companies. Continuity List and their various styles are contractual requirement for foreign distribution and used for dubbing, subtitling and closed-captioning work.
A Combined Continuity List is a list that contains cut-by-cut description of all camera shots, movement of camera and actors within the shot, and dialogue spoken within the shots.
Combined Continuity List Includes:
Table Format
Cut-by-cut description of Camera Shots/movement within shot
Time Codes to the Second
Scene Headings/Slug Lines
Scene Numbering
Character Name/Dialogue - Indicates VO, OS, and ON/OS - Indication of Overlapping Dialogue
Main/Narrative Titles
Music Cues
Sound Effects
Complete List of Credits
Spotting List is a list that contains the actual subtitles, in and out times and calculated duration.
Spotting List Includes:
Character Name and Dialogue/Subtitle
Who’s speaking to who
In and Out Times
Calculated Duration
Main/Narrative Titles
In and Out Times
Calculated Duration
Title Numbering
Complete List of Credits
Combined Dialogue and Spotting List (CDSL) is a list that combines a Dialogue List and a Spotting List. The Dialogue List is a verbatim record of all spoken dialogue. It is positioned next to the Spotting List which provides the actual subtitle, in and out times and calculated duration.
Combined Dialogue Includes:
Character Name/Dialogue - Indicates VO, OS, and ON/OS - Indicates of Overlapping Dialogue
Subtitle
Character Names
In and Out Times
Calculated Duration
Title Numbering
Main/Narrative Titles
In and Out Times
Calculated Duration
Complete List of Credits
A Combined Continuity and Spotting List (CCSL) is a list that combines the Combined Continuity List and Spotting List. A cut-by-cut description of all camera shots, movement of camera and actors within shot, dialogue spoken within the shot, subtitle, in and out times and calculated duration.
Combined Continuity Includes:
Cut-by-cut description of Camera Shots/movement within shot
Time Codes to the Frame
Scene Numbering
Scene Headings/Slug Lines
Character Name/Dialogue - Indication of VO, OS, and ON/OS - Indication of Overlapping Dialogue - Subtitle - Character Names