Evaluation of Continuity Task

This task focused on areas of continuity, and how these aspects can be used to create an all-round polished final production. The key areas in achieving perfected continuity are the ‘180-degree rule’; ‘shot reverse shot’ and ‘match on action’. I feel that in our production we showed these three techniques very clearly and achieved a high standard of continuity editing. The first idea for our filming was to use an abandoned great hall, as it would give the footage a characteristic edge and a thriller narrative. This unfortunately was not easy to do, as the location wasn’t available for filming, however the final location also delivered a good backdrop and helped create realistic enigma. The final idea was developed into a much simpler narrative, making it easier to perfect the continuity aspects of filming, I believe that this was a good decision as too much time was wasted on developing plot and narrative. The topic of the filming was a hostage esc style of narrative; this gave us plenty of opportunities to achieve effective match on action shots and other camerawork techniques. Most of the filming was achieved within one day, with post production editing being completed in the following week, the importance on continuity made us pay special attention to tiny details in our production therefore creating a more polished clip of final footage. Improvements in our footage could have been improved by a wider choice of camera techniques, using more shots could have given a series of different perspectives of characters involved. However I feel that the standard of editing on the production was fantastic, as it applies a polished finish to all footage. The important continuity techniques were executed well as the filming flows nicely from frame to frame. In conclusion I feel that we demonstrate the three applications of continuity well and achieved an impressive final product.