Final sequence

Preliminary Trask

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Analysis Of Continuity Sequence



The point of this activity centered around trying to put together a 6 shot continuity sequence with the theme of an accident. We had only been taught very few rules and tips so it was interesting to see how well our continuity sequence would have worked.

There were not many things in this sequence that worked well. One to point out are the shot where the actor walks into the pole. It is fairly humorous and is framed well. The shot of the girls talking is also individually framed however it did not fit into this continuity sequence. Many ideas could have been shot well in this sequence but due to a lack of experience, a lot went wrong.

The first two shots in this sequence demonstrate a big mistake. The camera jumps from framing a MS to framing a LS even though the actor is walking forwards. This creates the impression he has also jumped backwards whereas we were trying to show him walking forwards. The transition also isn't smooth enough. The MS to a LS doesn't flow very well due to the large difference in framing. The third shot of the girls doesn't work well in this sequence since they just seem to appear and seem to have no relevance. This could have been fixed with an establishing shot beforehand to set the scene. The crab shot that is meant to be from the boy's point of view again doesn't work due to a lack of information to the audience. The shots seem to be jumping randomly across the area. A master shot should have been in place to anchor the meaning of the scene to the audience. The last shot again makes no sense because it is difficult for the audience to tell that we were filming from the boy's point of view. Many techniques could have been added
to make this 6 shot sequence flow more. An establishing shot at the beginning would be a big improvement, some shot reverse shots to get an idea of the main character's position and cutaways would have been used to break up the action.

From this task i have learnt almost everything that can't be done in continuity shots and all the rules that shouldn't be broken eg. 180degree rule, the need to work in steps etc. It has also taught me which key elements need to be in continuity shots in order to make them flow and seem interesting to an audience.

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