Team Standard Continuity Piece

My group and I where told to film a continuity sequence. Before getting down to filming however, it was made clear to us that we must create a storyboard in order to follow and prevent any time consuming decisions regarding what to film and how to film a shot. This continuity piece was produced by myself and my group with specific rules that we had to abide by. These rules included camera shots that had to be used and a scenario that the shots had to be applied to. These were combined with dialogue.


The camera shots that had to be used were the: match on action shot, shot reverse shot, and over the shoulder shot. These were all made present in our continuity sequence as seen above. Each shot used has its own purpose and because of that, allowed the continuity sequence to flow smoothly. These camera shots were not the only rule that had to be abided by.


Another rule that we had to accept was the scenario which had to consist of dialogue between two individuals of which one enters the room, exchanges dialogue with the other individual and then departs from the room. This, we fulfilled well including scenes of both individuals exchanging dialogue whilst seated. This produced a classroom effect in which the audience can relate with.


I believe that my continuity sequence exceeded all rules and ran smoothly. There was one issue however which did arise and this was due to a sudden departure of a particular piece of equipment that we were using. Because of this, one part of the continuity sequence jumped. This is a weakness identified from my continuity sequence but myself and my group know that if not for the sudden departure of the dolly that we were using, the jump would not of occurred. This is the only recommended improvement i can offer as i feel that our continuity sequence was not too complex whereby there was a lot of issues.