The character's appearance changes 3 times just in one episode?

Philippines
November 16, 2011 9:26am CST
A pleasant day dear fellow mylotters, I was watching a television soap opera. Upon watching, I just notice one of the character's appearance. When the soap opera started, one of the character have a beard almost all over his face. But after a few commercial, when the soap opera resume, that guy who has a beard on his face has already a clean face. Wherein, his beard was completely removed. Then, again after some commercial, when the show resume, again that guy has his beard again on his face. As a result, me and my sister somehow get amused with that. Discussing, why the director of that soap opera did not able to see that. That, in one episode, the character's appearance was keep on changing 3 times.
2 responses
@leeloo (1492)
• Portugal
16 Nov 11
Was the story continuous or did it have time jumps, alternate dream states, parallel stories, or any of the other things they use to denote the passing of time or showing character in a different light? If it was none of these then who ever filmed it should have seen there was a continuity error. Since shows are rarely filmed in sequence, they could have used a fake beard if the actor had to remove it for another show or appearance rather then have the here it is/ no it is not continuity error. At least it is the same actor, in long running soaps, sometimes they change the actors for various reasons and I find it interesting how the characters continue with the new actor in a previous role and pretend nothing has changed.
• Philippines
17 Nov 11
hi there leeloo, the soap opera that i am watching is a continuous one. as this is a sequential type of show, the reason why me and my sister was surprised, as the actor's face was keep on changing his looks - as, there is an instance, he has a beard, then after that, his face is complete clean then after a minute, he has again a beard.
@leeloo (1492)
• Portugal
17 Nov 11
I always find those type of continuity errors interesting. It is not something, like and actor holding a cup one scene then in another the cup is on the table then back in the hand, that is something small easy to miss, a beard is something you will notice. There is a lot of sites dedicated to movie and fewer to television continuity mistakes here are a few http://www.moviemistakes.com/best_pictures.php but there are lots of them, some are small little mistakes but some are actually amazing no one noticed them before the movie came out.
@burrito88 (2774)
• United States
18 Nov 11
I watch House Hunters International where on each show a real estate person is supposed to show their client(s) three houses to consider buying. One one show, the female agent's clothes change from when she goes up the stairs to meet her clients to something different when she enters their apartment.