Continuity mistake: When Willow is interrogating Jonathan, she makes a comment about how he resented being pushed around. In the first shot, she's facing him. It then cuts to the opposite angle, and she's facing sideways. Then, in the very next shot, she suddenly turns 180 degrees between cuts after walking by him.
TedStixon
5th Jan 2024
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
5th Jan 2024
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Trivia: During filming, Sarah Michelle Gellar became very close with Michael Gershman, the lead cinematographer of the first five seasons, who became a father figure to her (she was estranged from her real father). They became so close that when Gellar got married in 2002, she asked Gershman to dance with her during the father-daughter dance. When Gershman passed away in 2018, Gellar posted a heartfelt tribute to him on her social media.
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Other mistake: After Gage turns into a monster and fights Buffy, the two monsters slide into an open grate. During the shot, there's some sort of weird "glitch" in the background where the garbage can and wall seem to slightly move. All I can assume is that a few frames were trimmed to speed up the shot and it may have exaggerated subtle camera movement, making the background appear to "jump" slightly.
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Buffy, Willow, and Cordy are talking at the swim meet (after Gage waves at Buffy), the way Buffy is holding her hands changes back and forth between two positions as it cuts between her and Cordy. Seems two different takes were used, and she had her hands in slightly different positions in them.
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Angelus is spitting out Gage's blood, he goes from straight up to leaned over between cuts.
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Continuity mistake: After Willow says that the student was killed by being opened up like an Oreo "except without the chocolaty cookie goodness," Buffy's hands go from together to apart instantly between cuts. She then puts her hands back together only for them to be apart again in the next shot.
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Buffy is talking to Cameron in his car near the start, the amount of light on Cameron's face coming through the windshield changes between cuts a few times. Sometimes the top is up over his eyes, sometimes it's down by his nose, etc. Also, depending on the angle, sometimes there's a purple glow on his face and sometimes not.
11th Dec 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Buffy and the guy are talking at the beach in the beginning, right before they hear a voice scream "Somebody help me!", the guy starts to turn to look at the tide. However, in the next shot, he's instantly facing Buffy again and then turns to face the tide a second time.
21st Mar 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
21st Mar 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Buffy's mom sets down the carton of orange juice on the table after the golf trip, watch closely. The continuity is nightmarish. The carton rotates multiple times between cuts. The cap is on, then off, then back on again between cuts. And Buffy's mom's hand keeps moving on and off the carton between cuts.
21st Mar 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
21st Mar 2023
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
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