The Simpsons - Editing

This clip from 'The Simpsons' shows an editing error. Although a minor editing issue, it showed a lack of quality and time going into the episode. The scene shows Frank Grimes Jr. wearing a cape, running away on stilts from Homer and Sideshow Bob. In the chase, Frank's cape fall off as he runs, but when the camera cuts away and then back to Frank, the cape is magically back on and around his neck. We only see it on for a few more seconds before the next scene has Frank walking around a corner without the cape. This editing issue is a very minor mistake, and in my opinion, makes it quite a comical scene due to it being such a simple and silly error.

I believe that the production team of The Simpsons placed the two scenes in the wrong order. If they swapped the scene where the cap falls off with the scene with it on, it would have no issue where the cape teleports back on. The scene would show Frank wearing the cape on the stilts, cutting to Homer and Sideshow Bob, and then it would cut back to Frank and the cape can fall off, so that the clip of him walking around the corner, his cape wouldn't be on.

This editing error shows how easy it is to make these mistakes and so when we edit our work, we will try our best to make sure that our editing makes sense without any continuity errors.