Video Continuity

1. Preliminary task 2
Continuity video task
Ada Dzamic
AS Media Studies

2. INTRODUCTION
For the video continuity task, I had to produce a video
footage that demonstrates camera and editing techniques:
• Dialogue
• 180 degree rule
• Shot reverse shot
• Match on action
During this task I will carry out research in order to get
familiar with technical elements as well as narrative and
compositional components.

3. SHOT REVERSE SHOT
Shot reverse shot is a film technique when one character is
shown looking at another character and then the other
character is shown looking back at the first character. This
is often off-screen. Since the characters are shown facing
in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are
looking at each other. This type of shot is used for
continuity editing in film or video production. When edited
together, it gives the audience a sense of continuous
action, making it seem as though the scene they’re
watching is happening in real time.

4. CUTTING ON ACTION
Cutting on action or matching on action refers to film
editing and video editing techniques when the editor cuts
from one shot to another view that matches the first shot’s
action. A common example is a man walking up to a door
and reaching for the knob. Just as his hand touches the
knob, the scene cuts to a shot of the door opening on the
other side. Although the two shots may have been shot
hours apart from each other, cutting on action gives the
impression of continuous time when watching the edited
film.

5. EXAMPLES

6. EXAMPLE

7. 180 DEGREE RULE
In filmmaking, the 180 degree rule is a basic guideline
regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a
character and another character or object within a scene.
By keeping the camera on one side of an imaginary axis
between two characters, the first character is always
frame right of the second character. Moving the camera
over the axis is called jumping over the line or crossing the
line. Breaking the 180 degree rule by shooting on all sides
is known as shooting in the round. The 180-degree rule
enables the audience to visually connect with unseen
movement happening around and behind the immediate
subject and is particularly important in the narration of
battle scenes.

9. STORY LINE
The story takes place in a room. There is a girl sitting on
the bed, taking a picture with a polaroid camera of an
apple on a desk, while having a conversation with her
mum. While she is waiting for the picture to be
processed, she grabs the apple, takes a bite and then
puts it back on the desk. Then, she finds that the apple in
the picture was a bit bitten and has a strange thought on
her mind. She wants to confirm it by taking a picture of a
vase. This time, the vase disappears and she is very
bewildered. She looks at the vase, wondering why the
vase would disappear. Suddenly, the doorbell rings. There
is a delivery guy standing there, holding a package and
the girl lets him in. The girl signs the package, but soon
after, she finds out that the delivery guy is actually a
murder.

11. Story Board

13. Crew
Name: Ada
Age: 16
Nationality: British/Serbian
Characteristics: hardworking, quiet, musical
Name: Nikoleta
Age: 18
Nationality: Chinese
Characteristics: smart, funny, beautiful

14. Location Research
First location:
Pros: all the props are
already in that location
Cons: far away from
school, not much space
for filming
Second location:
Pros: larger space for filming
Cons: far away from school

15. Equipment and prop list
 Equipment list:
 1x camera
 1x charger
 Prop list:
 1x apple
 1x phone
 1x vase
 1x delivery package
 1x pen

16. Costume
Ada: black t-shirt, jeans, slippers Nikoleta: black trousers, black hoodie