Continuity Sequence

Continuity Sequence

For this task we were asked to create a short continuity sequence ensuring we didn’t break the 180-degree rule, and including a shot reverse shot, continuity shot and a match shot.

The idea that we came up with was a short sequence involving two girls who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, and they were having a casual catch up. We created a storyboard for this scene and followed it as best as we could. It wasn’t very difficult to follow the storyboard as we made the scene correlate with the storyboard as best as we could. Unfortunately, on some of the clips the volume is quite low, and it is very difficult to recognise when someone is speaking, and what they are saying.

To improve on this, if we were to do this task again, I would’ve asked the actors to speak louder and make their speech clearer and more audible. Also, another thing that could be improved upon would be the positioning of actors between scenes, in a few shots the actors appear in one position, then when it cuts to the next one, they appear to be in a different position which appears unprofessional and makes the scene look a bit rough.

What I learnt: I learnt how to change the levels of sound on Final Cut Pro, this was important as I needed to make the actors more audible. I also learnt about the 180-degree rule, this is important during filming because if you break it, the scene doesn’t look smooth and the actor doesn’t appear to be looking at the other actor.