Continuity Task, Final Video

This is our final video for the continuity task. Overall, we're very  happy with it the overall outcome of the video. We've aimed to include all three of the criteria (180 degree rule, action match and shot reverse shot). We also aimed to make it more entertaining, and therefore decided to add music to the final piece.The music that we included was;
-Dizzee Rascal Jezebel
-Dizzee Rascal Fix Up, Look Sharp
 We had a lot of editing to do after the footage was shot, for example cuts and fades, but we managed to succeed in the end and achieved what we wanted to create.

Editing the Footage for the Continuity Task

We have just made edits to the footage we shot, and it's now rendering. If we find that any more edits need to be made, we will make them, and then render the footage again. The edits we made today include:
- cuts
- dissolves
- fades to black

Uploading footage to the media server

We have just uploaded the second lot of footage to the media server, and have found from out log sheet that the following files have no use to us due to reasons such as actors laughing, wrong dialogue and wrong actions or background noise :
- file 0120
- file 0121
- file 0122
- file 0124
- file 0125
- file 0126
- file 0127
- file 0128
- file 0129
- file 0130
- file 0131
- file 0134
- file 0136

The majority of files were discarded due to bad acting, and had to make sure we shot the scene numerous times in order to achieve what we imagined the shot to be like and make the film to a higher standard.

Script

Script

Hannah Harvey

Location: classroom, corridor, common room

Actors: Holly and Chloe

Camera woman: Hannah

Holly walks down the corridor and opens a door into the classroom. music is playing and fades out when she opens the door (action match)

Holly walks across the classroom and sits down at a desk next to Chloe. as she opens  the door another song fades in as she walks across the classroom, then fades out once holly sits down(180 degree rule)

Chloe is in detention.

They begin talking. (shot reverse shot)

Holly: Hiya.

Chloe: Hi.

Holly: What are you doing here?

Chloe: I’m stuck in stupid detention.

Holly: Oh, well I’ll just wait for you in the common room then.

Holly walks out of the room and in to the common room(music is playing) and sits down. (The music fades out as she opens the door)

She puts in her ipod. Camera zooms in on ipod, volume of music increases and then fades out. ( a different song is playing loud and fades out when the film fades out)

Production Schedule

Week 1 (20^th October)

Book the camera on Friday 22^nd for week beginning 1^st November.

Begin basic planning.

Week 2 (27^th October)

Finish planning (location, actors etc.)

Week 3 (2^nd November)

Shooting over the full week.

Update blog.

Upload footage on to the media server by the end of the week.

Week 4 (9^th November)

Shoot version two.

Upload to the media server.

Edit the footage.

Complete and upload on to blog by the end of the week.

Week 5 (16^th November)

Present task, and evaluate.

Update blog.

Review of shots

We have reviewed the shots we created last week, and have come to a desicion to start film again, due to the fact that we are aiming for a high level and want to create a higher quality piece of video. We ticked the boxes in terms of what we needed to include, however we would like to extend our film, and therefore we are going to film on either Monday or Tuesday night. We found that file 103 is completely useless to us, as it wasn't how we imagined it to be. The actor, (Holly) started laughing, and also as the camera was filming the door it was very shaky, as we didn't use the tripod correctly. The majority of the clips need improving, as the camera wasn't as steady enough as we wanted it to be, due to the lack of the use of the tripod and a steady hand.
 On Monday/Tuesday we will aim to:
- use the tripod when appropriate
- include the three criteria of the continuity task (action match, 180 degree rule, shot/reverse shot)
- we will have changed our script and production schedule slightly, as we are aiming to add more length to the clip, and more of a storyline, therefore we will need to choose another day to do more filming
- we will create an extended video with more conversation and a range of shots
- make sure that the film we shoot is not shaky and looks professional.

Shooting

We successfully shot the footage for our continuity task last week, and are about to upload to clips on to the media server. If we find that we aren't happy with some of the shots, we will rearrange our production schedule and find another time to re-take our shots. However, if we are happy with what we have produced we will begin to edit them in order to produce a short clip displaying continuity skills.

Planning

We are currently finishing off our planning for the continuity task , which includes the script, the storyboard and the production schedule. We have the storyboard left to do, which will be done on xtranormal.com. we will soon begin our shooting, and then load the footage on to the media server and proceed with editing the clips.

Shooting

On Monday night we filmed all of our footage for the continuity task and are about to upload the clips onto the media server, then after that we will watch them and if we are not happy with them then we will arrange to record it again. However if we find that we are happy with the shots then we will start to edit them in order to finish our continuity task.