continuity(n.)
15世纪初,“空间或时间上部分的不间断连接”,源自古法语 continuité,来自拉丁语 continuitatem(主格 continuitas)“一个连接的系列”,源自 continuus “连接,与某物连接; 一个接一个地跟随”,源自不及物动词 continere “不间断”,字面意思是“挂在一起”(参见 contain)。
电影方面的意义,指确保在不同时间拍摄的链接场景中没有细节上的差异,记录于1919年的美国英语。最初这是女性的工作。
The scenario,—that is the division of the synopsis into scenes from which the picture is made—is written by men and women specially trained for the work. Women are as successful, perhaps more so, in this line than men. The average price for an original motion picture synopsis is from $500 to $1500, but the price may be higher or lower according to the company and the value of the author's name. ... Continuity writers or those who divide the story into the scenes (continuity and scenario being different names for the same thing) are specially well paid. [Helen Christene Hoerle and Florence B. Saltzberg, "The Girl and the Job," New York, 1919]
剧本——即将大纲分成场景,从中制作电影——是由受过专门训练的男女撰写的。女性在这方面的成功与男性一样,甚至更胜一筹。原创电影大纲的平均价格为500至1500美元,但价格可能会因公司和作者名字的价值而高低不同。...连续性作家或将故事分成场景的人(连续性和情节是同一件事的不同名称)特别得到高薪。[海伦·克里斯汀·霍尔和弗洛伦斯·B·索尔茨伯格,“女孩和工作”,纽约,1919年]
该词起源时间:15世纪初