Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Activity 7

Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
For our preliminary task we had many things that my partner and I wished to improve on for our main task and to do this we had to learn how to use the equipment and software that we were given more resourcefully and this allowed us to improve upon the different aspects of our full product.

For our preliminary task we were filming the scene where Raff the angry brother is talking to Jack Raff’s sister’s boyfriend. The camera has always been on the right side of jack and when we went over this 180˚degree rule by doing a over the shoulder shot then moving to the left side of Jack, this then changed the area that we could film in. The problem that we had with this was that there was a lot of noise when we moved the camera into its new position and this ruined the sound for that part of the scene as there was a lot of rustling. In the end we had to get rid of that sections sound completely with premier elements.

For our main task (two minute introduction) we used a 180 degree rule again to go from one side of the skateboarder to the other side, opening up a new area to film in. But this time we made the transition from one side of the character to the other smoother due to having less background noise and rustling interference. Also in 2 minute film we made the footage was less bumpy due to practicing smooth filming and it almost being like using a steady cam.


For our first video we were tasked with trying to keeps the continuity flowing and that there should be only small amounts of continuity errors. For our first video we filmed Jack entering the room in which the conversation occurs and this required that we film him entering the room from both sides of the door which then could be edited together to give a sense of continuity editing.

For our two minute film we had a struggle to do continuity editing throughout our video due to it being a mix of different scenes from different locations. To make the continuity smoother we introduced the transition scenes where you went at high speed through the corridors to the next scene so that the footage would not randomly change location which would make it very confusing for the audience and would make the continuity very bad. Also we have put flashes just before and after scenes to cover any disjointed footage that was taken giving it a cleaner look.

For our preliminary task we did not consider the proper angles that we should have used for the different characters. For example in the picture above Jacks camera angle is the same as that of Raff’s this could indicate that they are both equal in power and are struggling for dominance, but we had the intentions of making Jack feel powerless and a victim of Raff. This meant that the audience could have got confused over who was the dominate person in the room.

For our two minute film we tried to sort this problem out by considering the dominance of each individual and then making the appropriate height and angle of the camera to make the footage not confusing for the audience. For example in the lower photo above there is the stereotypical group called Chavs who have been captured in a low angle shot to show that they have a lot of power and are people that should not be trifled with. Then compare this to the end couple of seconds of my video where George is sitting on a bench playing the piano there is a high angle shot which could show that he is not threatening or hostile.


When we were doing our first conversation video we used the zoom of the camera we were given to get the emotion on Raff’s face when Jack tells Raff about him going out with his sister. When we zoomed in it distorted the picture and lowered the quality of the footage.

For our main task we did not use the zoom as much as it was not necessary for our stereotypical groups but where we did need to use a zoom function we simply placed the camera nearer to the persons face to minimise the loss of quality.

For our first video we did not alter the sound of the video massively. Which lead to many different bumps in the sound quality where you could hear rustling or sounds that weren’t meant to be in the footage.

For our main film we massively altered the sound through out to make it sound more uniform and smooth.