Evaluation of Continuity Task

So looking at our continuity task, I felt that for our first time of filming as a group, we did pretty well. We each had a chance of operating the camera and watching the short film, we did very well. Shots and angles were varied and personally I think that they were used appropriately - especially at 00.58 seconds. We thought about angles very well and I think we were very creative. We had a mixture of close ups, long shots and over-the-shoulder shots. As for the editing, I think that we did very well in terms of making the black and white picture look old and used. We added the letterbox effect on iMovie so that it would create that effect of an old camera. At the end of the short film we added a hint of neo-noir as Jessie walks out of the room. This was a way of rehearsing for our real O.T.S in the future (now in editing process). The only problems that we faced was the sound. We filmed on the sixth form site and as we could not help the fact that children were walking around, you can occasionally hear them in the speaking parts. Also, as we wanted a mostly silent film, when some sound for voices was needed, there was an annoying buzzing in the background. We were aware of this and made sure that in future filming we will find a way to prevent this.