My continuity editing exercise- The Meeting

Continuity Editing Exercise

Our group had the task of creating a scene where one person opens a door, crosses the room and shares a conversation with another person in the room. We had to demonstrate our skills by using the following:

180 degree rule

• Rule of Thirds- a guideline to ensure the eye is at a third of a line.
• Match on action- a cut in which two parallel actions are mirrored.
• Shot-reverse-shot- a cut used to show the opposite shot then back to original shot.
• 180 degree rule- when filming a two shot, the camera must stay on one side of the shot.

Rule of Thirds

Match on action

I worked with two other guys (Abir Mohammad and Satveer Degun) to plan and film the whole scenario and we established this successfully. There was no problems in the group, we worked well together and we managed to complete this in time. We created our scenario outside the park and school area and we developed this by adding different types of shots like over the shoulder and close-ups. We also added a wildcat sound track to create a realisitc feel to the scenario. Our storyboard was very useful and we filmed everything based on our storyboards. One of our shots we changed in the storyboard from a midshot to an over the shoulder shot for added audience interest. In my storyboard I included a two shot and then an over the shoulder shot which i changed from a midshot. I also have a shot-reverse-shot to end the scenario. I added more creativity by changing the setting to outside the park and used fast paced music. Also for our dialogue, the subject was about selling concert tickets which is a creative idea.