Continuity mistake: At the period film set, Will's glasses vanish as he is getting up to leave. (01:38:50)
Continuity mistake: Will has just spilled orange juice all over Anna's shirt and is telling her that she could go change at his house. The left side of his face is fully bathed in sunlight in shots from the front and is in the shadows in shots from behind. (00:12:05)
Continuity mistake: After the porn scandal, Will finds Anna again at his door. Her hair is all tucked behind her ear in shots from the front. From behind, a bit of hair is hanging by her right ear. (01:06:45)
Continuity mistake: Will and Anna are having dinner after watching a movie, just before Will confronts the group of rude men. The menu on their table is either folded or not throughout the scene. (00:51:40)
Continuity mistake: Will is about to try to scale the fence a second time. Anna's right arm is on her hip in shots from the front and down by her side in shots of her back. (00:47:10)
Continuity mistake: When William is about to jump over the private garden fence, Anna lowers her arm. A frame later, from a different angle, it's up and she's lowering it again.
Continuity mistake: During the final press conference, William is completely covered by journalists in the close-ups, and totally visible in the wide angle. This keeps swapping back and forth.
Continuity mistake: While Bernie asks Anna about her actress' salary, his arm swaps from up to down depending on the angle.
Visible crew/equipment: When Hugh bumps into Julia and spills orange juice over her, she raises her face and you can see a boom mic reflected on her left lens, and crew members on the right one. (00:12:00)
Continuity mistake: After Will gets the sandwich and orange juice he turns around. Now his shirt is not tucked in properly in front, in contrast to the shot before. (00:10:55)
Continuity mistake: During Rufus's entrance to Will's shop the hair over his forehead is arranged in at least three different ways. (00:08:05)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of Honey's birthday party Bella's blouse first reveals the right, then the left shoulder in successive shots. (00:33:35)
Answer: According to this site, it was planned. http://nldslab.soe.ucsc.edu/charactercreator/film_corpus/film_2012xxxx/imsdb.com/Notting-Hill.html They both smile - suddenly the press gets what's going on - music - noise - they all turn and flash, flash, flash photos of William. Max and Bella kiss. Bernie kisses a total stranger. Spike finally makes it - he's bright red from running.
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