Continuity Task 2 Evaluation

1. What was your role in the task and what did you actually do?
I helped film the scene, act in the scene in some shots and i also did some of the editing.

2. As a group, what factors did you take into account when planning(a), filming(b) and editing(c)?
     a)When planning, we created a storyboard that helped illustrate our ideas to the others. We planned our scene whilst in the setting we were filming in, so we were able to plan our shots accordingly, finding out which shots were best suited for the environment. Since we had a very tight time constraint, the script was made up very quickly, but was given a couple small fixes as we were filming
     b)When filming, our idea was to film the main part of the scene from 3 angles, a master shot and the 2 OTS shots, as well as film the extra shots such as the introductory shot and shots including the extra student who comes and asks the 2 main characters a question.
     c)Having filmed our scene from the 3 main angles, we had a lot of flexibility with editing as we had plenty of footage. Because of this, we were able to make the scene flow as smoothly as possible and have very tight edits.

3. How successful was your sequence? Did you fulfill the demands of the brief? Did you manage to demonstrate match-on-action, shot-reverse-shot, and 180-degree rule? Did you achieve continuity overall?(WWW/EBI)
I am very happy with the final sequence and I believe that we fulfilled the demands of the brief. We were able to successfully demonstrate the match-on-action in the beginning few shots, the shot-reverse-shot during the main conversation all whilst keeping within the 180 degree rule. Overall, we nearly achieved continuity; however, between shots 4 and 5, Kush (the actor on the left) turns his body from facing the table to facing Cathy (the actor on the right) and this jump disrupts the continuity of the sequence.

4. What have you learnt from completing this task? How might this learning impact on future video production work?
I have learnt to be attentive to all details within a sequence such as body language and even eye contact. This will help me in my future coursework as the extra attention to detail will give the whole sequence a much more professional look.