Continuity Sequence

Continuity Sequence

This is the continuity sequence which we created for our preliminary task. Our idea was thought of by Sarah Barker, Daisy Westlotorn, Sophie Fitzsimmons and myself. We decided to base our story on a student who was about to recieve some bad news from the school nurse. This bad news is that she is pregnant. I really enjoyed this task as it allowed me to use my skills of using a video camera which will help me to improve them in the future.

Things that went well:

I thought that many things went well throughout this task as I feel that we produced a video that met all the criteria we were set. The shots we had to include were: shot reverse shot, the 180 degree rule and the match on action shot. The first shot we used in our sequence was the match on action shot. We showed this twice in our sequence - 1. When we see the point of view shot, as the character is starting to sit down, then from a different angle we see the end of the action as she is fully sitting down. 2. When the nurse opens the door. The next shot we used in the sequence was the shot reverse shot. This was used when both the nurse and the student are sitting at the desk. The 180 degree rule was a element that we tried to use all the time throughout the squence. Another element that we had to use was that one character had to walk across the room. This was showed by both characters as the student walked across the room when she enters the nurses office and when the nurse walks across to her chair from the door. I feel that we worked very well as a team and a produced a very clear and precise sequence that shows the elements needed.

Things that didn't go well:

Even though I feel that our sequence went well there were some things that we can improve on. It took us longer then normal to shot our sequence as the actors could not stop laughing. This ment that we then has less time to cut our sequence together. Another thing we could improve on is that in the middle of the sequence there is a jump from one shot to the other as the camera was not placed in the same place in both of them. This then ment that the continuous feel of the shots could not take place. I also think the sequence is too dark, which makes the story not as affective as the expressions shown on the characters are not as visible as they could be.

I believe that this sequence is a very good attempt at what we had to do and therefore am very happy with it.