Continuity Task 1 (BLK)

1) The story of my video is two characters (A and B) are walking down the corridor. Character B is oblivious of character A as she is on her phone and they crash into each other. Character A falls to the floor and drops his books but character B carries on walking then looks back right at the end.



2) I attempted to create narrative flow through a number of techniques/ideas. I attempted to re-position the actors back into their positions from the end of the previous shot as each new shot was prepared this was necessary because they came out of role/position to view the first take. Another way I attempted to achieve narrative flow was by re-shooting shots if they were not good enough to try to achieve fluidity between shots and continuity. A key technique I learnt whilst shooting to achieve narrative flow/continuity was to start the movement before the videoing began and then continuing after the shot ended, as the pause button took quite a long time to actually stop recording.



3) I did not achieve full continuity but I believe that I did quite well without using editing. In the first shot an establishing wide shot was used effectively as it gave a good sense of setting and character. In the first and second shots the use of cross cutting was effective as it helped to build up suspense and tension. However, the first and seconds shot look odd as both characters were walking straight towards the camera which made them look as if they were both walking in the same direction. I believe that the third shot was successful as it gave a good sense of direction and impending disaster. But the transition between the second and third shot was a bit jolty. In the third to fourth shot I attempted to pull the audience into the action by using a close up. Unfortunately, I did not completely get the match as the action was taken back a frame or two. A key problem in achieving continuity was in shots four and five where character A is seen falling twice. But in the sixth and final shot a very good sense of character was created by character A walking away still oblivious.



4) In hindsight I would improve the narrative flow and tell the story more effectively through a couple of changes. In the first and second shots I would position the camera so it stays on the same side of each character which would resolve the issue with direction. Also, in shot four and five I would trim the end of four before the books hit the floor so character A is not seen to be falling twice (once in each shot). Also, I would trim the ending of the sixth shot as you can hear our voices in the background. With implementing these changes and using editing I would hope that my group's 'Accident in Six Shots' would look something like this: