CONTINUITY EDITING RESEARCH & MY PRODUCTION

Series of shots that are cut in order to show the progression of time. Creates a clear and continuous narrative.
Rules: 

• Establishing Shot - Shows the spacial relations between figures/objects and setting.

• Shot/Reverse Shot - Two shots that alternate characters, typically used in conversation situations. Not filmed in order but edited together after. 

• 180 degree Rule - camera stays on one side of the action and objects in the scene.

• Cross Cutting - camera cuts away from one action to another action, This shows that the scenes are happening at the same time. Used to build up suspense.
  

• Action/Eyeline Match - Shot matches the next one. One shot shows the character looking off screen and the other shot shows what the character is looking at. 

 








Benefits of Continuity Editing;
Narrative has a structure
Shot sequences flow 
Easier to watch     

EXAMPLE OF CONTINUITY EDITING 




MY FIRST CONTINUITY EDITING PIECE - THE HEIST 



My piece is very basic with a lot of flaws, I think as a team we dived into creating a very complex story and forgot to focus on the media skills we need to promote. Continuity is very off as we filmed over a series of days the clothing in scenes does not match. There are also parts where the camera is shaky and there is background noise, we could have avoided this by filming at a time where it was quieter. When it comes to filming our movie trailers next academic year I will make sure to learn from these mistakes.

CAMERA AND TRIPOD

HOW TO USE AND SET UP A TRIPOD AND CAMERA. 

The main purpose of a tripod is to avoid weak sharpness caused by camera shake. Camera shake occurs when you take handhold pictures at long shutter speeds. Every movement that occurs during the time that your shutter is open will cause a blurred image. A tripod helps to keep the camera steady.

Camera shake is caused and influenced by a combination of factors:

• Camera stability
• The shutter speed
• The lens you use
• The size of your sensor

Set up:

• Find level ground to put your tripod on, so that it's not rocking back and forth, placing it in danger of tumbling over.
• All three legs out to their full width to ensure level support.
• To extend your tripod, start from the top with the widest leg extensions and lock each leg into place once extended with screw or pull down.
• when extended tripod to its full height, and needing more extension, raise the center column. However it won't be as stable as the legs, and it could cause the camera to wobble.

PRELIMINARY TASK - NARATIVE IDEAS

IDEAS

• Girls night out planning gone wrong
• Party scene, parents come home
• ***A bank heist planning with crew
• Diary of a chav extract flash black...she thinks shes not a chav but she really is.
• 'Game' like horror fest, eery phone call.
• stalker
• ***Baby sitter finds evidence that the father of the family has another secret family/life

FINAL NARRATIVE

Three thieves are planning a heist over the phone and plan to steal from a school. They plan to take all the equipment. Penny is really ditzy and is only part of the trio as Kasanda and her shared a past growing up as sisters in a care home. Kasandra takes it really seriously. Morgana is the quiet one and does everything Kasandra says.

Characters:

Megan- Morgana

Rianne- Kisandra

Phoebe- Penny 

KASANDRA: *pacing around* penny for god sake. this has to go to plan. for this to go to plan you need to answer your god damn phone. call me back. time isn't on our side

PENNY: *Dancing* BABY YOU LIGHT UP MY WORLD LIKE NOBODY ELSE THE WAY TH- oh. here we go.
*rings back*

HEY YOU ALRIGHT CHICK, YEAH SO WHATS HAPPENING WITH THIS PLAN OF YOURS THEN?

KASANDRA: 15 QUEENS STREET. 7.20. DON'T BE LATE. WE NEED TO KICK OFF ON TIME.

PENNY: YOU MEANT TONIGHT. BABE EASTENDERS IS ON.

KASANDRA: *angry* YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CUT OUT THIS JOB. I'M ONLY LETTING YOU IN ON THIS BECAUSE I OWE YOU. YOU NEED THE MONEY. YOU'LL DO WHAT I SAY PENNY. MORGANA GRAB THE BLUE PRINTS FOR THE SCHOOL 

PENNY: HEY MORGANA!!!! HEY AND KAS I CAN DO THIS ALRIGHT. GEEZ EVER SINCE WE WERE IN CARE YOU'VE ALWAYS PUT YOURSELF AS THE CLEVERIST ONE

KANSANDA: CAN YOU HEAR YOURSELF RIGHT NOW? AND I TOLD YOU DON'T CALL ME THAT. ALRIGHT SHUT UP, HERE'S WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN.

PENNY: GO ON SHOOT

KASANDRA: YOU GO IN AS THE CLEANING LADY. RECEPTION SHOULD BUZZ YOU IN. ON YOUR PERSON YOU HAVE THE KEY CARD JUST IN CASE FOR THE OTHER DOORS, THEN THE LASER AND THE EMPTY SACKS.

PENNY: A CLEANER SERIOUSLY, WHY NOT A MODEL?

KASANDRA: SHUT UP UNTIL I FINISH. RIGHT SO THEN YOU OPEN DOOR 4 WITH THE KEY CARD AND I'LL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THE CODE BEAKER FOR THE SAFE AND THEN MORGANA IS GOING TO BE OUT FRONT WITH THE TROLLEYS AND THE VAN PARKED ROUND BACK FOR THE MACS AND PROJECTORS. WE HAVE 9 MINUTES 24 SECONDS TO PULL THIS OFF BEFORE THE ALARMS SIGNAL. THEN SAY ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE THE LOCAL FEDS ARE TRYING TO TASE US.

PENNY: ALRIGHT. SOUNDS PRETTY DECENT TO BE FAIR ERM APART FROM THE TASER BIT. YOU LEFT THAT OUT.

KASANDRA: ARCHIE AND HIS CREW WILL BE SO PISSED. ALL FEMALE HEIST SQUAD. BRILLIANT. *smiles*

PENNY: RIGHT I'M COMING TO YOU NOW. *grabs keys* 

SHOT LIST

1. ES - office block
2. WA - to a dark room of blue prints/ whiteboard, pictures 
3. CS - following Morgana's feet into the room which follows around the room to Kasandra
4. MS - Kasandra and Morgana getting the blue prints ready
5. OTSS - what they are looking at
6. MCU - talking to each other 
7. ECU - hands/ leather gloves
8. ES - phoebes house 
9. LS - phoebe dancing in her room 
10. Parallel editing is used to and from different places from phoebes house and the office
11. MS - Kasandra is telling me the plan for the heist 
12. POV - Kasandra gets the phone to call phoebe 
13. CU - Kasandra dialing the phone to phoebe 
14. ECU - Kasandra talking on the phone 
15. OSS - Kasandra on the phone
16. CU - phoebe picking up the phone and talking to Kasandra
17. ECU - f phoebe's lips talking 
18. CU - Rianne gets annoyed
19. MS -Phoebe is still in her room and talking to Kasandra
20. CU - Kasandra when she puts down the phone 
21. LS of Kasandra in the office

STORY BOARD

Story board