HW 3a - Continuity task evaluation (BLK)

Continuity task evaluation

Explain the story of your video

1.    In the continuity task two characters were walking down a staircase having a conversation regarding their class homework. The dialogue died down as they reached the bottom of the stairs and at that point, character ‘A’ accidentally pushed character B as he attempted to playfully touch her shoulder. This meant that she had a bad fall. Whilst character A was making sure B was not injured, another character joins the scene worried. As this occurs character ‘A’ panics and runs in the other direction as a way to avoid responsibility for the issue

     How did you attempt to create 'narrative flow' (continuity?

2.    We attempted to create narrative flow (continuity) by having different camera positions for example ELS, MLS and LS so that the audience wouldn’t see the shot change as “jump cuts” since it wouldn’t look natural. The reason why this would help the shots flow is because it would allow the audience to see what was taking place from different angles. The audience would then understand where everything was in relation to each other.

     Did you achieve full continuity? If not, why not?

3.  As a group we didn’t achieve full continuity. An example of this would be at the end of the second shot where you can see that character B falls and in the third shot you see her falling a second time. This repetition reduced the idea of realism because the audience would understand that, that was an error. Another way we didn’t reach full continuity is through the failure of ‘match on action’ where the characters did not repeat the full action and instead go straight from where the last shot ended but not be in the correct position. So when the audience would see this, the character wouldn’t have any momentum making it appear very unrealistic.

     In hindsight, what would you do differently to improve the narrative flow of your video and tell your story more effectively?

4.  In hindsight to improve the narrative flow, it would have been smarter to focus more on the pre-production aspect, for example through storyboarding so that as a group we could use it as a basis for discussion whilst simultaneously making it easier to visualise the shots. Also going location scouting instead of blindly picking a place with a staircase that was in one of the main school corridors as a lot of interruptions were made.