Continuity Task 1

1. Explain the story of your video
- Raph and Simon are at school. Simon realises that he'll be late to school and walks off to tell Raph. Raph panics and packs up his things in a hurry but trips up on the pavement on his way to class.

2. How did you attempt to create 'narrative flow' (continuity)?
- We tried to use a master shot in the second shot - we used a pan to establish where Raph and Simon were in comparison to each other and with the setting.
- In shot 2-3, Simon carries on walking from the same place; he doesn't magically jolt forward.
- We used different angles of Raph in shot 3 and 4 so that the audience can see how he is standing and where he is going to walk when he turns around.

3. Did you achieve full continuity? If not, why not?
- The match-on action doesn't fit together from shot 5-6; Raph falls twice.
- Raph turns his head twice in shot 3-4.

4. In hindsight, what would you do differently to improve the narrative flow of your video and tell your story more effectively?
- Simon should've run after he said he was going to be late to make it more realistic.
- He should've established that he would be late for class when he said it to Raph, that way we wouldn't have to include the scene where Simon spoke to himself.
- In addition, we should've not used cross-cuts right from the very beginning because it throws off the audience.
- I'd make sure the background isn't cluttered in the shot; remove the rubbish bags in the back.
- Shot 1 could've been wider, to establish more of the setting.