Evaluation of Continuity Sequence

          

Mise-En-Scene

In our video we used quite a bit of mise-en-scene. The first use of mise-en-scene would be the paper on the door, we used this paper only at the beginning in order to get across the purpose of the chase which adds to the story element of our short video. The second use of mise-en-scene would be the cardboard boxes. We used these boxes at about halfway through the video, we decided to use the boxes as it's more interesting/entertaining than having two people run the whole time. One piece of mise-en-scene that I regret is when we accidentally had our camera bag in the background of one shot. I now know when i'm next filming to double check and make sure that no camera bags or equipment in the frame.

Lighting

We didn't really use any lighting for this short video, but when we were filming we had to film one half of the video in one lesson and the other half in another lesson, because of this when we were filming the second half of the video it was a lot cloudier and darker then when filming before, All I did was slightly raise the ISO and it was barely noticeable when watching the final product.

High Or Low Camera Angles

We don't really have any high angle shots as we didn't really have a way of filming a high angle and we didn't think it would fit in our video. We do have lot's of low camera angles and a worms eye view shot. We decided to use these low angles because we thought that they looked good and they fit well with the style of our video. I regret not getting any high angles because we could've at least tried to see in case it would've worked.

Different Shot Distances

Because we decided to have a chase scene for our video we did some research into what kind of shots they have, we realised that fast paced action scenes in film are usually filled with close ups and quick 2 second shots. We decided to use the same kind of shots you would see in a fast paced action scene like a quick shot of his hand grabbing the cardboard, this is generally something you would see in a fast paced scene. We also had a wide shot so that we could show both one character running away and one walking towards the door all in one shot.

Any Camera Movement

We only moved the camera in a shot twice, the first was when we did the POV shot, the other was when we went from the note to the face. I generally do not like moving the camera as without the proper equipment it gives a shaky effect that I don't like, though sometimes a camera movement is more effective than a simple cut. Overall I would do more camera movement if I had the proper equipment but until then I will generally avoid it.

Fades Or Dissolves

We didn't really have any fades or dissolves which is another thing that I regret, although we do have a certain shot when a character walks into the camera and it all goes black before the next shot. This shot is kind of like a fade but we didn't use any editing to achieve it (other than using a cut).

                                

                         The Continuity System:

180 Degree Rule

For the majority of the video the camera is placed head on in front of the performers. One time that we broke the 180 degree rule is when the person being chased runs across the road the camera is facing up the high street, the next shot is a close up of the face of the person being chased, but, the camera is now facing down the high street. In our shot reverse shot sequence we stuck to the 180 degree rule.

 Establishing Shots

Our group did have a wide shots that show the location we're in, but I wouldn't class any of those shots as an establishing shot. None of the shots are the opening shot to a certain sequence, this is a mistake on our behalf but also because of the fact that we were only limited to 20 shots.

Match Cuts On Action

A match cut on action is when something happens on screen and you see two different shots of the same thing happening from different points of view. Unfortunately we did not have any match cuts on action this is because we were unsure where they would work on a chase scene.

Eyeline Match Cuts

We had one eyeline match cut in our film, when a character is resting you see him look up at something, the next shot is then his POV of a bus driving past and revealing the pursuer behind the bus.

POV Shots

Our POV shot is the first shot we have in our short film. The POV is when a character puts a note on a door but the camera is from his POV. We did this because it would've been hard to film and strange to have the POV shot during the chase scene, we could've done this but we would've needed the proper equipment because the final product would've ended up very shaky.

Shot Reverse Shot

We had our shot reverse shot at the very end of the video when the character being chased finds somewhere that he believes to be safe, then the pursuer arrives from around the corner which begins the shot reverse shot sequence. We made sure to not break the 180 degree rule while filming because we know that that can be confusing at times

Summary

In summary I believe that our continuity sequence had many good things, I believe that we told our narrative in a successful way. Though there were also disadvantages, we were unorganised with our pre-production instead of properly planning where to film is we didn't get our ideal space of filming and ended up walking around trying to find somewhere to film.