Our group tried to create an accident in 6 shots which had
narrative flow without editing. The story of the video is that Character A is
walking down a corridor holding a pile of textbooks, whilst Character B is
walking around the corner on her phone and is oblivious to what is going on. At
the corner they collide with each other and whilst Character A trips and drops
the books, Character B walks away unaware of what just happened.
We attempted to create narrative flow, or continuity, using
various techniques. For example, the cross-cutting and wide framing in Shots 1
and 2 immediately established character and setting, whilst building audience
anticipation of the eventual accident. Additionally, Shot 4 drew the audience
in by jumping from the master shot to a mid-shot of the actual collision.
We didn't achieve full continuity for a few reasons. For
instance, in the first two shots the characters are both walking straight
towards the camera, and so looks stilted and breaks the 180° rule. Also,
as we had to cut the shots on camera, without editing, the shots appeared to
show Character A falling twice instead of a smooth transition between both
shots. Another mistake was that the positioning of the actors wasn't perfect,
so different shots showed the characters in different places in shot.
In hindsight, in order to improve the video's continuity I would
adjust the camera position so that the characters would walk to the corners of
the shot and appear more likely to collide, as opposed to walking in the same
direction. I would also pay closer attention to the where the actors should be
standing for each shot and mark out where this should be to prevent issues with
positioning. Furthermore, I would cut the end of shot 4, as it is far too long,
and gives the effect that there are two falls which confuses the audience.
Below is the edited version of our story with improved narrative
flow…
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