Continuity Task 2 Evaluation

1. What was your role in task and what did you actually do?

I play the role of Miss Perkins in the short video, and so I had to act in several of the scenes. When I was not acting, I took part in filming and operating the sound on the camera.  For example, I filmed the panning shot of Emmanuel walking into the media block. Lastly, Hugo and I shared the responsibility of editing the sequence together, and the final edit can be seen above. We had to choose the best shots and then edit them together so that we had clear match-on-action throughout the sequence.

2. As a group, what factors did you take into account when planning, filming and editing?

Throughout the planning, filming and editing process, our group had to consider the demands of the brief. The main objective was to achieve full continuity, and so when planning our shots, we had to think about the rules of continuity, and how we would frame our shots to produce a seamless video. We also had to make sure that we had a simple and clear narrative that was easy to understand and follow.

3. How successful was your sequence? Did you fulfill the demands of the brief? Did you manage to demonstrate match on action, shot-reverse and 180-degree rule? Did you achieve continuity overall?

I believe that our sequence is quite successful. We managed to create lots of match-on-action and we used shot-reverse-shot quite frequently. We also managed to keep in consideration the 180-degree rule and so the short video doesn't disorientate the audience. The narrative is also quite funny and easy for the audience to follow. However, there are certain points in the video where we didn't achieve continuity. For example, the time on the clock changes quite dramatically between two shots when in reality, only a few seconds would have passed.


4. What have you learnt from completing the task? How might this impact on future video production work?

This task has taught me so much about continuity and creating continuous videos. I learnt that multiple shots need to be filmed in order to create a good match-on-action, and i now know the importance of having the master shot to fall back on when you don't have a brilliant match-on-action. This will help me in future productions as I know how much planning must go into creating a video which is so seamless. It is important to have a variety of shots to choose from in order to have good match-on-action.

Continuity task Evaluation

1. Explain the story of your video

Our video is about a girl who sees a boy in a magazine that she wants to cut out because she thinks he is gorgeous. She asks her friend Hugo to pass her the pair of scissors that he is holding, however he accidentally throws them too hard and they cut right through her hand. 

2. How did you attempt to create 'narrative flow' (continuity)

Because we were not allowed to edit the video, we tried to create continuity by holding our positions when the camera was paused. We would then resume action when we filmed the next shot. This was very difficult as some of the positions were hard to hold and we had to stay still for long periods of time. We also tried to use some of the rules of continuity by keeping an eye line match. This meant that me and Hugo had to keep looking at each other throughout the whole filming process. 

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

We were unable to achieve full continuity in the video. There were too many visible pauses between the shots where we didn't start speaking straight away. This means that the scene doesn't flow seamlessly as it is clear that the shots are separate.

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

If I had the opportunity to film the video again, i would take the rules of continuity into account more when thinking about what shots to film. If we had a master shot, the scene might have ran slightly smoother. I would also want to film in a better lit space as the lighting on both the characters looks very different and so it almost looks like the shots were filmed in different places.