Continuity Editing Techniques - Evaluation

Dear Readers,

So awhile back we did a preliminary task and a professional named Axel, who's filmed in movies such as Star Wars came to analyse our videos and showed us how to do it properly:

Here is what he said about my movie:

•        Framing between Shot/Reverse Shot is different heights
•        Cut away before she sat down
•        Over lap – film more than needed
•        Fill the frame more 
•        Same distance from both people on the match on action

But general things I gained from other videos:

-       Headroom – esp. Midshots, fill the frame with subject, no dead area to side or top.  More figure.
-       Follow character – move the camera to fill frame always.
-       Reverse Shot /Shot – drop down more so inline with eyes and match the head/frame sizes
-       Downward shot – gives power to other characters
-       Work camera all the time – tilts, pan. NO optimum setting
-       180-degree rule – finish pan when stop walking.
-       Use of frame – fill the frame
-       Hollywood cut

When we did it again, here are the shots that we should of took:

Match to the first wide shot in height

Here is a wide shot

 

Close up, match the eyeline

Over the shoulder

Match the eye line, don't even need
2nd person.

So until next time people... Bye!

#TheMediaofaNewGeneration

Continuity Editing Techniques - Final Piece

Dear Readers,

So it took 2 days to complete my task, from filming to editing but now i'm done... however it's not without it's faults.

Here is my video for you to see:

My critical analysis of this is that I think my match on action was pretty good but the door noise was an issue and when I pan across the room I pan to far behind her. Also i didn't catch her sitting down so it goes straight from pulling the chair out to when the converstation begins however on the plus I think I did the Shot/ Reverse shot ok! Apart from the graininess in the sound from the camera... 

so until next time guys... bye!

#TheMediaofaNewGeneration

Continuity Editing Techniques - Preliminary task

Dear Readers,

So after being enlightened into this world of continuity editing, I took my knowledge to a new level by designing a story board that would include the 3 new camera shots I learn't (to remind you: Match on action, Reverse shots/ Shots and 180 degree). These would be incorporated into a Preliminary Task which had to show:

• A person entering room through door
• Walking across the room
• Sitting opposite someone 
• Having a conversation

I designed a storyboard that would fit into the surroundings of a school, so what did i choose? Pregnancy, yes, teen pregnancy... Why? I have no idea, but I thought I would be more interesting than  a teacher telling off a pupil.

Here is my storyboard on paper:

So here is my storyboard 3D:

The dialogue is as follows:
Sally - (person who walked through door)
Friend - Other character

Shot 4 - Sally - "i have to tell you something"
Shot 5 - Friend - "what? Anything..."
Shot 6 -  Sally - "i'm pregnant... 3 months"
Shot 7 - Friend - "OMG Shanaynay, noooo! I told you to be careful"
Shot 8 - Friend - "It will be okay..."
Shot 9 - "Come here..."

So until next time folks.... bye!

#TheMediaofaNewGeneration

Continuity Editing Techniques - My first lesson

Dear Readers,

This blog is the start of my journey towards my Media AS.

My first lesson in this bizarre and estranged world, was 'Continuity Editing Techniques', which, to people such as myself sounds a lot like jibber jabber! However as I scrutinized this particular title, it began to make sense; The word Continuity is just a varieation on the word continue, that would imply the continuous motion of an action, so this leads me onto what actions these may be...

1. Match on action.
This refers to a film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another. The first shot's actions is followed by the second shots actions so they marrinade. Here is a video I found really helped me in understanding this:

 This video clearly shows how one shot flows to the other... first the shot is behind the door then moves to in front of the door, so both shots match resulting in one continuous motion in two shots. This is match on action.

2. Reverse Shot/ Shot
Is a film technique where character 1 is shown looking at character 2 but the camera is placed behind the character 1. Then the reverse is where the camera is then put behind character 2. This engages a smooth switch when in a conversation. This video helps to understand:


Clearly this shows one shot switch effortlessly from another shot to create the conversation between two people. This is reverse shot / shot.

3. 180 degree rule
This one is the trickiest, it when two people in a scene that are being filmed maintain there left/ right position due to the camera remaining on one half of an 180 degree (invisible) line. If the line is crossed the camera would be filming the two characters backwards, so the characters would be right/left. Finally here is a video to explain this:



So that's it from me and my new found knowledge, until next time... bye!

#TheMediaofaNewGeneration