Continuity task details

Basic plot for continuity task

Scene 1
Girl 1 and 2 in changing room
Girl 1 searches into her bag for a missing object
Looks up, says to Girl 2 "have you seen my necklace?"
Girl 2 replies "no sorry"
Shot of Girl 1's face

Scene 2
Girl 1 walks downstairs and through a door
Girl 1 walks towards a classroom
Shot of Girl 3's pocket with a necklace hanging out then zooms out to reveal her face
Girl 1 enters room
Shot reverse shot of Girl 1 and Girl 3
Girl 1 "is that my necklace?!"
Girl 3 replies nervously "err no..."
Girl 1 walks towards Girl 3 and slaps Girl 3
Girl 3's face turns away
Girl 1 "dont lie to me"

Shot List

1) Mid shot of 2 girls in changing room
cut to a close up of Girl 1 showing her bag and her hand searching in it
cut to close up of Girl 1's face - "have you seen my necklace?"
cut to Girl 2's face - "no sorry"
cut to Girl 1's face   (shot reverse shot)

2) Cut to a long shot of girl walking down stairs and pan across as she walks towards the door (Girl 1)
cut to girls hand on door handle (close up)
cut to a medium shot of Girl 1 walking in classroom zoom in on her face
cut to a mid shot of Girl 3 zoom in on her pocket
cut to Girl 1's face close up - "is that my necklace?!"
cut to close up of Girl 3's face - "err no..."
cut to medium shot of Girl 1 walking foward - tracking- close up of Girl 3's face - *Slaps face*
Girl 3's face turns away from the camera to a close up of Girl 1's face = "dont lie to me"

Initial continuity task ideas

"Our group has been given the assignment to create a short video of up to 90 seconds long. Within this short extract, we must think about the following:

• You must not break the 180 degree rule
• You must include a shot reverse shot
• You must include more than one location
• You must include a variety of camera angles
• The video must be edited to show continuity and clear meaning within the extract
• You must include interaction between two or more characters

First our group started to brainstorm simple ideas that could be possible filming in appropriate settings. We quickly came to an understanding that we wanted a character to lose a valuable item which then could give us a short plot for the rest of the video. We then agreed to have the first shot in a changing room where the first character cant seem to find her necklace. The next few shots would consist of a her leaving the changing room to her classroom where she confronts another girl who has stolen her necklace. We shortly agreed this is what we wanted to do as the task is very brief and doesn't focus much on a gripping plot. This worked well for our group as we where then able to think into more detail what specific type of camera angles we could use for certain shots; of which we created a storyboard." from Scott's blog

Progression of ideas

Our main idea for the opening sequence is a psychological crime thriller. Below is the image of our initial plot for the opening sequence.













However, after discussing we moved on to this plot instead:

• Man lies on table-looks at hands and sees cut
• Flashback-man runs from killer-killer catches him-they struggle, man punches killer but killer punches him again harder
• (reality) man looks around and sees syringe on table
• Flashback-continue of struggle and man gets injected in neck
• (reality) man lying on table-overpowered by red & blue lights-sirens muffling his heavy breathing and non-diegetic sounds
• Fog lights and credits
• Blood splat and film title
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Premiere Pro practice

In my last Media lesson I learnt how to use Premiere Pro which is a type of software which allows you to edit a videop file. I found this task very difficult because I have no experience with working with Apple Macs let alone Adobe, so remembering all of the different elements of the programme was complex. However, I wasn't expecting to enjoy the task due to this but was surprised as I found it very fun and would be willing in the future to take on the task of editing the opening sequence that we make ultimately. On the other hand, I only managed to edit the clip and didn't complete it as I didn't have time to do the sound or titles however I feel confident that I could do this on a later date.