Q5 - How successful was your sequence? Please identify what worked well and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently?

Overall I am pleased with the turnout of our continuity sequence because we managed to achieve all of the key points that the brief was asking us for. For example we have a match on match action, we have a character opening a door, sitting down and having a conversation with another character. I also think that we followed the 180 degree rule well because it stays constant throughout the sequence.

Our shot order is logical because we do not move the audience across a large space too quickly, this is because the shots progress further towards/away from the characters i.e. MS to CU, rather than jumping from a LS to ECU. I think that we also successfully incorporated the comedy genre into our piece because of the humurous/awkward situation that the characters find themselves in.

Awkward atmosphere created by the prescence of the baby
and the silence between the characters

In hindsight, I think that we could have shot more takes of Frank swivelling around in the chair because we found this a problem when editing because the shots we did have weren't perfectly match on match action. If we had filmed some more takes it would have made it easier for us to edit together the shots and make the sequence flow better.

The Jump Cut disrupts the continuity of the sequence

At 0:41 in the sequence we also have a jump cut which hindered the continuity of our sequence slightly because it shocks the audience back into reality. The reason for this jump cut is probably a mix of both breaking the 30 degree rule and editing the shots together at slightly wrong times. Most of the problems that we encountered all have solutions, and I think that if time was not so restricting we could have corrected them. Therefore this is something that I will consider in my future foundation coursework.