Real continuity task

We were set this task to create a fluent piece of filming before making our actual thriller to ensure our capability and for general practise.
Whilst filming we came across a few problems, these being that we still were not confident using the camera and editing equipment, but whilst filming we began to improve using better angles helping to represent the narrative. Although, some of the shots could still be improved as some where unsteady and jumpy. The worst part of the film i would say is the editing, especially at the end where the sound is out of sync. Again this is something we will be able to majorly assess and improve but whilst editing the piece we were able to become more familiar with the software. Another problem was unwanted sounds due to our location. Unfortunately there weren’t any other practical locations to shoot in the time period we had.
Our male actor Lewis delivered the lines perfectly, however I wasn’t the best actress to use. Half way through the film i start smiling, completely ruining the narrative. We should have cut this out. Other than this i am pleased with film. My group and i both agree the best part of the piece is the shot reverse shot as it helped with the flow of continuity most considerably.



All of our pieces got peer assessed during class time, the majority of pieces were graded as a level two, including our piece. From seeing the higher grade films we are now aware of what we need to do and include to have a successful final piece.

The critiques we received from our teacher and peers were:
-Make sure are camera is steady at all times, although unfortunately our tripod was to blame as it wasn’t secure.
- To constantly assure the characters with the main importance or dominance are visually shown by the positioning of the characters and the camera. We didn’t really do this in our piece as our characters where often both marginalised.
- to include reaction shots not just shot reverse shot, this would help with the audiences understanding of the narrative.

This critique will defiantly be able to help us with our next filming.