Preliminary Continuity Task

The video is inside CNS and it shows a pupil making her way to the study hall to book out a laptop. The dialogue happens between the pupil and a teacher. On her her way to the study and in the study hall various shots are used.

Firstly - Match on action - Following the persons movements on her way to the study hall. For example through the door from behind and then out of the other side.

Secondly - Shot Reverse Shot - Just before she enters the study hall she sees a notice board which has a picture of her on. She sighs at the picture because it has been up for so long.

Thirdly - 180 Rule - The conversation between the pupil and the teacher. Keeping on the the same side.

We added a soundtrack over the top but also kept the diegetic sound in the background to keep it real. The soundtrack quietens for the dialogue and the volume of the diegetic sound is increased.

The Technoloy of the production was a basic video camera rented from cns and video editing software 'Adobe Premiere'. The editing software wasn't used much for effects but for just putting then pieces together cutting out which bits we needed. We looked at differnt effects and none really suited our production. We added a few transitions through out the video. Fades were used at the start and towards the end of the video.

Preliminary Continuity Task

The preliminary task requires you to produce a piece of film in which a character opens a door, walks across a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character and exchanges two sentences of conversation. There are three continuity princples to observe in tis exercise

• Match on Action
• Shot reverse shot
• 180 degree rule

Match on Action

Match on action is where you follow a action with the camera. For example walking through a door. You can star the clip from one side of the door and just as the open it cut to the other side of the person coming out of the door.

Shot reverse shot

shot reverse shot is a simple camera transition that can make the audience feel more involved and understand what is going on. It is done by having a shot of an object or person looking at the camera the role then reverses and you see what he is looking at.

The 180 degree rule