Q2 - How did you plan your sequence? What processes did you use? What theories did you try to take into account?

While planning for the prelim task we got together as a group and brainstormed ideas of what sort of narrative we wanted to include and how we would incorporate everything that was required into the sequence. To do this we deconstructed the brief into a checklist so that we could be sure that we were covering all the key points.



Our Checklist

Along with this checklist, we used the following to help us both visually and logically:

• Shot List
• Shooting Schedule
• Script
• Storyboard (Draft Version and Final Version)



Sample of final storyboard



Draft Storyboard

From the above images you can see that we have two versions of a storyboard. We decided to use post-it notes for our initial storyboard so that we could illustrate possible shots and move them around easily if we were not happy with the shot order. Our final storyboard was mainly used while we were editing.

While doing this preliminary task we tried to take into account the rules of continuity and continuity editing techniques because the brief was to produce a continuity sequence. We tried to include:

• Match on Match Action
• 180 degree rule
• Shot-Reverse-Shot   
• Eyeline Match



Example of Match on Match Action



Example of eyeline match, 180 degree
rule and shot-reverse-shot







Although the brief focuses on the theory of continuity, we also took into consideration genre because we wanted our video to have comedy incorporated into it.



Below is our script, shot list and shooting schedule

Group 1E Script

Group 1E - Shot List

Group 1E - Shoot Schedule