Continuity Sequence Analysis

1. What did you think was the point to the activity?

• To get us to think about continuity and narrative structure and to put it into practise, without having learnt any techniques so we would make mistakes in our sequences to learn from.
• To get us used to the process of storyboarding and how a storyboard can help us to shoot a sequence successfully.
  

2. In regard to your finished sequence, what worked well?

• The establishing shot at the beginning of the sequence works well to create a sense of character and setting.
• The close up of the feet and the tilt up as the runner starts moving works well as it fits the rule of match on action and includes movement into the sequence, without making the movement obvious. Without this movement the sequence would seem very static. The close up brings the audience right in on the action to give an increased sense of involvement.
• The shot from the point of view of the cone introduces the cone's character and shows the direction that the runner is runnig, and the handheld shot puts the audience in the place of the runner, increasing audience involvement.
• These two shots also follow the rule of shot-reverse-shot.
• The final shot of the fall pulls the audience right out of the action which means they are an onlooker to the accident. This allows them to see the whole fall and adds to comic effect.

3. What would you aim to improve about your sequence?

• The pose that the character is doing in the first shot doesnt really fit and isnt really needed.
• The first and second shot transition breaks the 30 degree rule. It looks jumpy and doesnt flow as the two shots are too similar

4. What did you learn from doing this activity?

• A lot of the rules of continuity.
• The importance of narrative flow in a sequence.