Continuity sequence

When planning our accident, we immediately thought that we should choose a genre so that we could use techniques and conventions from that genre for our accident. In total we used 8 shots:


LS of boy looking in window
Eyeline LS shot of boy looking where the reflection he saw was
MCU reverse shot of boy looking confused, gradual zoom out to Long Shot of boy walking, followed closely by his stalker.
Handheld camera, tracking MS of boy running through door
CU Match On Action shot of pressing lift button
MS Over The Shoulder shot of killer in lift door, frame within a frame
LS of boy walking out of lift and killer attacking
Zoom out, titlting shot of dead boy on floor CU to LS


To ensure our shots achieved continuity,we ensured that they followed one another chronologically, and also made sure that it was obvious that these shots were following eachother almost instantly. It was forunate therefore that the settings of each individual shot looked as though they were all in the same location, so the sequence did achieve continuity. The major part in the sequence we failed continuity was when we attempted to do a Match on Action shot of the the character pressing the lift button. It looked as though he paused first for a period of time before he pressed it, which didn't make any sense.


My specific contributiuon to the sequence was filming the shots whilst the other two in my group were acting. As we were only able to edit in camera, It was essential tht every shot was done first time effectively, and overall they were, however some shots, such as the MCU reverse shot of the boy, I was visible fairly visible through the window. However filming the shots gave me the freedom to choose how the shots should be filmed, and I hope that the variety of different shots used made the sequence work well.


I do believe that our seqquence works, even though there are some continuity flaws, as each shot follows chronologically with a clear outline of the plot/idea. However, next time I would like to focus more on the accident itself rather than building a story/genre around it. I would also try and put more thought into the shots before we take them to avoid any continuity errors.