Continuity Task 2

1.I filmed Most of the shots.

2. When planning the scene, we had to make sure the story made sense to the audience and was easy to follow, so we planned out what the actors were going to say in the conversation, and we planned out how the shots would transition between one another to keep narrative flow. We also planned out where we were going to film the scene and what order the shots were to come in in the final product in order to make sure there were no continuity errors.

When shooting the scene we had to make sure there were no continuity errors by making sure all of the characters were in the correct place whenever a new shot was started. We also tried our best to make sure that the dialogue spoken was the same between the shots to make sure of this as well. We had to abide by the 180 degree rule as well while shooting, as this was done by shooting the conversation twice, at the 2 correct camera angles, and then cutting between them in post. We also payed special attention to the framing of the shots in order to make the scene easy for the audience to understand, and to retain narrative flow.

When editing, yet again we needed to make sure there were no continuity errors, and this was done by making sure no clips were cut in where the lines of dialogue were different from the shot before it, and also by cutting clips with actors in the same position as they were before. We also made sure to edit the clips together in a way to keep narrative flow, and this was done by making sure all the clips were all in the right order, and that they were all edited with clean cuts between them.

3. I think our sequence was quite successful. We did manage to demonstrate match on match action in most of our shots, however some of out shots showed continuity errors. When Virginia is holding the detention slip, it changes hand between both of the shots it is in. However, we did manage to abide well by the 180 degree rule. I think we did stick to the brief in this task.

4. After completing this task, I have learned that a mastershot should not be as zoomed out as it is in our scene, as it breaks narrative flow when it is cut to due to it being an ELS. Also, we never wrote down a script for this project, we only planned out the basic idea of what the actors were going to say. This made it a lot harder to edit in order to make sure we minimised continuity errors, so in the future I think a script would be very important.

Continuity Task 1

1. Explain the story of your video
- Raph and Simon are at school. Simon realises that he'll be late to school and walks off to tell Raph that the bell has gone. Raph panics and packs up his things in a hurry but trips over the pavement on his way to his lesson.

2. How did you attempt to create 'narrative flow' (continuity)?
- We tried to use a master shot in the second shot - we used a pan to establish where Raph and Simon were in comparison to each other and with the setting.
- In shot 2-3, Simon carries on walking from the same place; he doesn't magically jolt forward.
- We used different angles of Raph in shot 3 and 4 so that the audience can see how he is standing and where he is going to walk when he turns around.

3. Did you achieve full continuity? If not, why not?
- The match-on action doesn't fit together from shot 5-6; Raph falls twice.
- Raph turns his head twice in shot 3-4.


4. In hindsight, what would you do differently to improve the narrative flow of your video and tell your story more effectively?
- Simon should've run after he said he was going to be late to make it more realistic.
- He should've established that he would be late for class when he said it to Raph, that way we wouldn't have to include the scene where Simon spoke to himself.
- In addition, we should've not used cross-cuts right from the very beginning because it throws off the audience.
- I'd make sure the background isn't cluttered in the shot; remove the rubbish bags in the back.
- Shot 1 could've been wider, to establish more of the setting.