Continuity Task

The Task
A continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he or she then exchanges two sentences of dialogue. This task should demonstrate three principles of continuity: match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 rule.

Our Idea
We came up with our idea by combining both mine and Steff's ides. We decided to use a simple idea as it was less compicated so we had more time to film the same clip and spend more time editing it. This enabled us to get a smoother more professional edit and finish.

The Filming Process
We began by creating a hand drawn storyboard. We decided to do the filming at Steff's house. We started by explaining to our actors, Jack and Sweeny, about the 30second clip and what role they were playing. We did a run through of the scene and dialogue, several times, before we began filming. After filming several parts of the scene, numerous times, we were able to edit the sections that weren't right or didn't look correct. After we viewed and edited our original filming, we could see what sections needed refilming and developing.

The Editing Process
We loaded the filming onto the apple macs and began by watching the clips we had recorded and deciding which clips worked best. When the clips were able to see which areas needed refilming and repeated the process with the new footage. After settling with our final clips, we moved them into the movie bar and began the final editing. Our opening match on action was already very smooth, so the editing was not too hard and it ran very smoothly. We edited our clips to the best of our abilities. We managed to drop the sound, of the movie shown on the television, and move it over the previous clip.

Evaluation
I think our production was very successful. We learnt alot about the filming process, how to plan, how to film and how to edit to a decent standard. With continuous use of the cameras and iMovie, we will be able to develop our skills further.