Here is our Continuity Exercise
Continuity Evaluation
On our continuity exercise we had both good and bad points to our final exported version we have looked at our video and evaluated what we have done.
The first bit of our production was a establishing shot, we think this was a good shot to start our exercise as it set the scene for were it was being filmed and showed the viewer that we were in a school. After this shot we went to a mid shot of Dan our first actor walking down a corridor, Again I think this was a good shot to pick as it showed our actor and showed the viewer about the person in the video.
A shot that we didn’t think was to good was the zoom over the shoulder shot, while this was a good idea before we filmed it after filming it we weren’t that happy with the shot but decided to put it in as we decided if we kept with the mid shot it would be not very exciting.
Another shot we were very happy with was the close up of the door handle, we thought this added more action to the sequence and thought that this was a good shot to include in the sequence. We also thought this was a good shot as we then went to a long shot showing the other person (Alex) in the room.
We thought this was good as it added a nice contrast in shots and thought this made the sequence flow well.
In our video we were partially happy with our cross cutting shots in the talking, we thought this livened up the sequence and it made the sequence seem a lot more interesting and made the sequence seem to be quite at a fast paste. In this though we thought we could of improved on the subject we had talked on and made it so the convocation lasted a bit longer and didn’t repeat itself.
After the talking we went to a long shot of Dan getting up and leaving the room, we thought this was good as it showed both people in the room and Dan walking to the door. This then contracted well with the close up we did of Dan opening the door as it showed how we used a range of different shots while keeping the sequence flowing well.
While filming a shot we were partially happy with was the door opening with the low angle shot as this shot is not usually used and this made our sequence look better as it shows how we can use many different shots. While doing this though we found we had a problem with he audio as the door made 2 creek noises making it sound like we had added some sort of effect. If we were to do the sequence again we would have edited this different in the editing stage.
Overall we are very pleased with our exercise and think that we overall had a high standard of video. If we were to do this again I think that we would have a better storyline for the talking so that we could talk longer making the video have more different shots. We also think that if we did it again then we could improve the audio so that it is more clear for the viewer to hear.
