Continuity Editing Exercise - Storyboard.

Edit Workshop Evaluation.

In my edit workshop sequence, I made sure my partner and I stuck to the brief and demonstrated knowledge and understanding of match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 - degree rule.

In my sequence, the 180 degree rule was demonstrated when the two characters were having a conversation. As one character - Ellie was always on the left of the screen and the other character - Kalkidan was always on the right.











The rule of thirds was shown as much as possible in my sequence.
The screen grab shows a shot from my sequence where the characters are talking and the rule of thirds is clearly displayed as we see the character -Ellie's eyes in line with the first red line meaning, they are a third of the way down the camera.




The editing technique 'Match on Action' was displayed when the character, Kalkidan is walking through the door. By using this technique we are able to see a clear flow of action, from the beginning of the action through till the end at different angles. These two screen grabs are shots from my sequence that demonstrate the technique - Match on Action. In the first shot we see Kalkidan, with her hands on the door pushing it and her right foot in front of the left about to walk through. In the second shot, we see the reversed side of the action as we see her finishing the action as she walks through the door with the same right foot leading the action and her hands still on the door pushing it. This shows a continuous flow of action between two shots.


During production, my partner and I faced a few challenges. When filming, the match on action shots, we forgot to film the full action from either side so that we could cut and edit it in post-production, because of this we had to re-film the shots. Also remembering the 180 degree rule in the match on action shots was a challenge and we didn't have enough time to re-film that footage, so we just had to work with what we had.

During post-production, cutting the two match on action shots so that they created a smooth continuous action was almost a difficulty, it took a fair amount of time and required me to pay extra attention to detail, so that the continuity was not broken.

Long shot

Over the shoulder shot

Cut away

Overall I think the strengths of this edit workshop are that I have demonstrated a clear understanding and knowledge of the techniques, such as; match on action, 180 degree rule, rule of thirds and shot reverse shot, as they have all been shown in this short sequence at least once. I also stuck to the brief filmed and then used a wild track throughout the sequence, I took on board the advice given by the brief and avoided using zooming pans and instead used static shots when filming someone walking in and out of a frame. I used a variety of shot types, including; establishing shots, long shots, over the shoulder shots etc. Extra cutaways were also filmed, for example; we filmed a fire extinguisher and cut back to it to prevent having to use a shot that would break the continuity.

Rule of thirds is not applied

The overall weaknesses of my work are the poor consideration of the rule of thirds rule, all though it has been considered and used correctly in some shots, the rule is inconsistent, when it should have been done throughout the whole sequence. Also, in the second shot of the match on action, the 180 degree rule is broken, as Kalkidan starts the action on the left of the screen and the finishes somewhere in the middle drifting to the right of the screen because of where the camera was positioned. This could create confusion within the audience.

If I had the ability to improve my work, I would make sure that the rule of thirds is consistent throughout the sequence and therefore re-film all of the shots that broke this rule. I would also re-film the match on action shots to ensure that the 180 degree rule is not broken, making the rule consistent throughout.

Continuity Editing Exercise - 'Rivalry'