Continuity Task

For our Continuity Task we had to create part of a film which was around 90 seconds. This film could be on anything but had to include a few things, these were:

·                     You must not break the 180 degrees rule

·                     You must include a shot-reverse-shot

·                     You must include a variety of appropriate camera angles

·                     You must edit so that continuity is apparent and meaning is clear

·                     You must include more than one location

·                     You must include some interaction between characters

·                     You must include some non-diogetic sound

Before we could start filming we had to decide on what we were actually going to film. To do this we had to create a storyboard, a script and a shotlist so that we knew what we were doing once we started filming. 


First of all we made a brainstorm of our ideas of what we wanted to do for this short film, these were things such as, what is going to happen, the people that are going to be in it, and part of a conversation.

After this we made a shotlist. On this we needed to write a list of all the shots we were going to use in our film to make sure there was a variety and to make it quicker for when we were filming, we then knew exactly what we were doing with the camera.

Next, we made a storyboard of exactly what was going to be happening in our film, which would again make it quicker for when we were filming as we now exactly what we want to get out of it. This was it:

After we had done the storyboard and knew where the characters would be going and what they would be doing, we decide to make a script so we knew what they would be talking about. 

Once finishing our plan on paper we then started shooting. As we had our storyboard we knew exactly what we needed to shoot. We decided to have Avey as our main character and then Rhiannon as our other character. We all took turns shooting so that we all got use to handling the camera properly, such as, filming so that it is not shaky, being able to zoom in and out softly so that it isn't jolty to the audience therefore keeping the effect of the continuity throughout the film and also being able to know how to create the different angles. When shooting we decided to take shots of the same thing a couple of times with different angles so that when it came to editing we knew we would have a choice over which shot we wanted to use, which would fit in with the rest of the film and to then not have to shoot again. It also meant that from doing it a couple of times from different angles it meant we could have different camera angles in our film. I believe that we managed to keep the 180 degree rule and did not break it. From doing this task i think it will help us when it comes to doing our proper filming as we would have already experienced how to use different camera angles and the 180 degree rule. Also i have learnt that it is helpful to film a couple of times, especially when doing the shot reverse shot as we can cut it to make it look really good.