Preliminary Task Evaluation

Continuity editing is when you maintain continuous and clear narrative action when editing a piece of film. An example of this in our film is that the people in the shot are walking in the same direction. This makes the sequence smooth as each shot flows nicely.

180 degree rule states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. For example if the scene is filmed from the left side of one character it should be filmed on the same side for the other character. This is so the viewer is not distorted. We stuck to this rule in our preliminary task during a conversation between two characters, as the camera is always on the right side of them.

Match on action connects two shots together by having a character finish an action in the second shot begun in the first shot. An example of this in our piece is when Danny kicks the door. Firstly we show him kicking the door open from the corridor, and then have a shot of the door swinging open into the room. This seamlessly links the two shots into one motion.

Shot counter shot is when a sequence is filmed in a meeting of two characters. It shows one character after another in the form of two separate shots. We use this in our film when Danny confronts James in order to show that they are talking to one another.

After our first prelim, we learned that it is important to keep the continuity of a scene. We have demonstrated this in our latest film by cutting our shots so that the editing seems 'invisible'. The attention to continuity I think has made our most recent task more professional from the first.

Jonny Hucker