The Start of our Continuity Task

Before we start to make our own opening to a thriller we have to complete a Continuity Editing task. This task requires to to think carefully about the 180 degrees rule. The final product can only also be approximately in length 60 seconds. Before we started we were given the Technicaul Requirements for the task, these are:

• Your must NOT break the 180 degrees rule
• You must include a shot-reverse-shot
• You must include a variety of appropriate camera angles
• You must edit so that continuity is apparent and meaning is clear
• You must include more than one location
• You must include some interactions between characters
• You must include some non-diegetic sound

These Technical Requirements are the aspects that me need to incude in a task to be able to say we have completed it at the end.


When planning the task my group broke it down into sections:

 The first thing we did was to make a brainstorm and write down our ideas. This allowed us to then think further into what each one should include and the theme of them. This then allowed us to decide on which idea we were going to do. My groups idea was to be called 'Man with Issues.' This idea is based upon a man who finds out that is wife is having an affair. We thought that this would be a good idea as it leaves the options open as to what we can include. Once we had decided on our idea, we then wrote down all of the possible aspects that we could include.

Before we could  devise our shot list or make our stoyboard we had to decide on our locations for our shots to be filmed. We decided to film in three different locations. This meets the requirements as we have included more than one location. This would then allow us to be able to say we are going to film this part here and be able to now where each shot was going to be being filmed when it came to drawing out our storyboard.
Below is a picture of our storyboard:

 1. This is our opening shot and you see the man walking from around the corner. Here he sees a weapon. This is a long shot.
2. We then have a close-up shot of the mans facial expression before he goes to pick it up.
3. As the man is picking up the weapon we have another close-up of his hand and the weapon.
4. This shot is a medium shot showing the man walking away quickly.

 5. Here we see the man walking fastly down the a hallway. Here we thought we could use panning.
6. As the man looks into the rooms we continue to use panning.
7. He then goes into a room were we have a close up of him starting to speak.
8. We then for the first time see the women who has been having an affair at the table writing down some information. This is when we get her response to what she has to say.

 9.  Another close-up shot of the man is then used.
10. This then shows us the weapon from behind his back.
11.  Here we have an over the shoulder shot so that we can see the man looking at the women.
12. This is a shot-reverse-shot sequence

13. This shot shows the women saying how sorry she is to the man.
14. Here we show the man hitting the women over the head with the weapon. We have an over the shoulder shot here which then leads into a high angle shot when he hits the women round the head.
15. This shows the high angle shot of above.
16. We then see the man walk away by dropping the weapon on the floor and then having the dorr slam shut.






 
Before we could start filming we devised a dialogue so that we knew what was going to happen. In my group Amy was the women having the affair and Josh was the husband who found out.  We then moved onto actually filming our opening.

When we were filming we took many clips so that we could then select the best ones and edit these. When filming we had to take into consideration the 180 degree rule. This meant that we had to be careful with the positioning of the camera. We also thought about the different shots that we could include for example a mid-shot,a shot-reverse-shot,close ups, long shot etc. This allowed us to include a different range of shots creating a variety.

Once we had finished filming we then uploaded all of our clips and started to look back through them to see whihc ones we should select to use. The programme in which we are using to create this task in is Adobe Premier. This allows us to edit and add in sounds.

I believe that this day was very successful, as we as a group achieved a lot in one day. From the beggining of the task, I learnt about the 180 degree rule and how and why it is important not the brake this rule. I also believe that I made progress in my own learning as well. I believe I made progress as I now now know more about the camera and filming. When we were filming today it helped me as I was able to actually film what was happening, making sure that I included the requirements.  Throughout the day, I believe we made as a group a lot of progress.  One reason why I believe we made a lot of progress is because we managed our time well and were commited to what we were doing. By being able to get all of our planning and filming done, it will now allow us with enough time to be able to edit our opening 60 seconds to the best of our ability. It will also allow us to be able to able to once we have put it together going back over it to make sure that everything is ok.