Final Continuity

When looking back at the final edit, we used all the shots and movements that we were told to use. I think that we used the 180 degree technique even though their were some slight errors involving hand gestures changing suddenely swapping from one shot to another, also right at the beginning of the clip we broke the rule as I am walking in from the left to right and the when walking  through into the house we filmed from right to left, but after this shot we did continue filming from this side we made the 180 degree shot right. (0.00-0.20). I think when Ellie walks in with the mask on we could of made her walk in from the middle on the window instead of the side to create more tension to the audience, also there is problems with the lighting as the reflection of the kitchen furniture is on the window making the image of ellie outside of the window unclear, to change this would have to change the lighting of the room to make sure Ellie is clear to create the full effect we were trying to put across.  We used a over the shoulder shot on when I am pouring the water out into the cup, and the a cut to me putting the kettle down, I think this shot flowed well together into the different shots and the continuity of it was effective as it looked like it was all one action without cutting from each shots.  When there is a closeup of me sitting on the table and Ellie starts walking forward i would of changed the effect of the dither transission as I think it makes the shots put together unrealistic, it would of been easier to use a simple jump cut to show the sudden disapperance of the evil character, also the 'bang' should of been louder to create more suspence to the unknowing of what is there. This error happened again when I have switched the light switch on, we used a dissolve style of transission as we filmed turning the lights in two seperate shots, when filming we should of filmed this as one continous shot to make it look more realistic. I think when the revesre shots between me and Ellie should have been more accurate, with the hand gestures and the sides we were filming, also when I was speaking I should have been more serious and not laughing behind my hands, and use better dialogue then what we had wrote. The best shot that i think we did was the low angled shot of Sarah walking in, i think this shot creates a good intense shot to what might happen to the character, it gives off a menasing and evil atmosphere in the scene. I think the black out of the screaming is effective as the audience doesnt know what has happened to the characters and makes the audience want to know what has happened. The use of the slow motion is effective, but we should of kept the shot of me lying on the floor with the knife in my hand for longer to create a suspence ending.

Filming for Contunity

For this project we were very organised before starting our filming, we had our storyboard and the idea of what we were trying to film. However we did change the script as all of us didnt think it was the best script to suit our shooting that we wanted to achieve.
For the first shot we were trying to do we were going to use the lamp post and a figure under it but when we tried to shoot this the camera couldn't pick up an image so we had to rethink and redo the first shot, therefore we had to change parts of the orginal storyboard we draw out to the one we have now. We managed to get the shots that we wanted to achieve in our project. In the kitchen scene there was problems with picking up extra sound that we didnt want, as we wanted the scene to be quite silent to build up suspence but the background noises runied this effect. I think the follow shot we were trying to do as we did this shot freehand the shot was shaky if we did this again we would have to stable the camera using the tripod. The best shot i think we did, was the low angled shot of sarah with the mask on walking into the room by doing this is made the character seem more sinister and scary making them look powerful, i filmed this shot by lying on the floor and pointing the camera up towards the ceiling. In our clip I think we did the continuity well and made all the shots that we had flow together without any cuts or stops in the final edit.
We thought the song that we chose (Enter Shikari-No Sleep Tonight) fitted the theme and atmosphere the clip we were trying to portray across.
We got our shots done quickly as we knew what we were doing, and knowing the shots that we wanted to get, we did try different angles and movements to see what the best type of shot would put across the scene better. All the shots we used seem to give the impression of erriness and the genre of a horror.