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.

Continuity Task 1 Evaluation

The in cut camera clip:

1. Explain the story of your video
     A student is doing their homework. Another student realises that he may be late to class and makes his way to his class. On the way, he notices the first student, and reminds him of the time. This student panics, shoves everything into his bag and starts to run to class. But as he starts to run, he trips over a curb and hurts himself.

2. How did you attempt to create 'Narrative Flow' (continuity)?

• The same costumes were used throughout
• The main story was kept as clear as possible and linear in chronological order

3. Did you achieve full continuity? If not, why not?

     I believe we did as the main key elements of the story were conveyed. However, we could've done a few things to help the audience understand the full scenario and scene as explained in the next question.

4. In hindsight, what would you do differently to improve the narrative flow of your video and tell your story more effectively?

     In order of shots:

1. Wider shot as the framing makes everything feel a bit cluttered and busy.
2. No sense of placement in relation to first shot. If it were a cross cut, we would need more shots. Shot is too long. If this student is late to class, he would be running not walking.
3. Too much empty space on right hand side as there is no reason for it.
4. 30 degree rule broken, jump cut feel.
5. Continuity error with objects on table.
6. Tighter cuts needed to portray action feel.

Here is a slightly edited version of the clip too: