We began with Abbie walking down one corridor while reading her folder and not looking where she was going. At the same time Ollie was walking down another corridor looking down at his phone. As they rounded the same corner they bumped into each other and crashed into each other. Ollie's phone fell to the floor and broke into pieces. He picked it up and then angrily shouted at Abby.
2.How did you attempt to create 'narrative flow' (continuity)?
Before we started filming we created a story board of the six shots we wanted so we could easily work out the postioning of the next shot and create a flow in the story.
We used an establishing shot of Abbie and then a reverse tracking shot of Ollie to make it clear they were both walking along corridors of the same setting.
The audience could preempt the crash as the motivation was clear (both of them were looking downwards,distracted) and the clear movement forward between shots created a match on action effect.
To create continuity we watched back over every shot of the crash and repeated the following shots a few times to ensure it flowed and looked realistic. We made sure positioning was the same in each shot so the movement looked continuous.
Oli had his hood up at the beginning and we made sure it was up in every shot so as to look realistic.
3.Did you achieve full continuity?If not, why not?
I think we achieved good continuity with the crash as we cut between the mastershot and the following mid shot of the crash smoothly. We followed the 180 and 30 degree rules so avoided losing continuity with change of viewpoint or jump shots.We could have achieved slightly more continuity in the shot with the phone on the floor, maybe some movement of feet or some dialogue to illustrate Ollie's annoyance could've helped add some more continuity.
4. In hindsight, what would you do differently to improve the narrative flow of your video and tell your story more effectively?
The first shot is very central, compared to Ollie's shot where we clearly see him moving from right to left. We should have filmed at a different angle so it would be clear that Abbie was travelling from the left to right, in order for an audience to preempt a crash.
Acting wise - the acting could have been better if Abbie had had a more convincing reaction to the crash and Ollie a more angry reaction to his broken phone
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