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.

Thursday 10th January 2013

In the double lesson today, Leanne decided to split up our group. I thought this was a good idea as the group clearly wasn't co-operating very well. Fex was told to work on her own, whilst me and Elle were told to continue working together. The clips we already had were allowed to be used, and we were allowed to continue filming together but we were required to edit it differently and publish it as two separate title sequences. After this, me and Elle decided we would do our own filming, as we didn't like Fex's ideas.

Plan - Friday 11th January

Friday 11^th January

We plan to have the coursework finished by the Friday. We should have everything filmed, edited and ready to show. We need to overlay the titles on to the title sequence once we have filmed the first scene of the film with the zombie.

Plan - Friday 18th January 2013

Friday 18^th January

Deadline for everything to be finished and ready for screening, after that we will receive feedback and be given a bit more time to edit anything that could be improved.

Plan - Wednesday 9th January 2013

Wednesday 9^th January
On Wednesday, I plan to edit what we have, which should be everything. Editing everything together and putting the titles over the top of the scenes, after that the coursework should be finished and ready for screening.

Plan - Tuesday 8th January 2013

Tuesday 8^th January

On Tuesday we planned to film the interview scene. For this part of the title sequence we required someone older, so we plan to use a teacher to film the interview. After we have filmed this scene, we will place everything we have in to Final Cut Pro and begin editing whilst filming for the first part of the actual film, a POV scene of a zombie doing normal every day things.

Monday 7th January 2013

On the first day back, we were told that the deadline for the coursework was at the end of the week. The Macs had crashed, so we were all required to log on with the username Medai1 and the password apples, we were then required to make a folder for the work we done in that lesson, which would then be put on to our own user areas. In this lesson I made a plan for the course of the week on what my group needed to do to make sure we met the deadline and had everything ready for screening.