This document provides guidance for students on a media studies project focusing on continuity. It defines key continuity techniques like shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule. It outlines the learning objectives, success criteria, and preliminary task which involves applying these continuity rules in a short scenario of a character opening a door, crossing a room, and having a conversation. A schedule is provided for planning, shooting, and editing the project during the given time frame.

1. Foundation Portfolio – Continuity
AS MEDIA STUDIES

2. Learning Intentions
 We are learning:
 to use experiences from previous projects to
develop knowledge of continuity
 to understand vocabulary of continuity
 to plan work using understanding of continuity

3. Success Criteria
 We will…
 apply prior knowledge
 know key elements of continuity
 contribute to tasks linked to basics of continuity
 understand needs of Preliminary Task
 devise a scenario employing required elements
 embed task in a more substantial piece

4. What is continuity?

5. Rules of Continuity
 Shot/ reverse shot
 180 degree rule (“crossing the line”)
 Action Match (“match-on-action”)

6. Shot/ Reverse Shot

8. QUESTION
 Apart from a comic conversation, when
might shot/ reverse shot be used as opposed
to a single “master” take?
 Come up with two or three examples
 Give a reason why you would use S/ RS

9. Action Match/
Cutting on Action
 Cut from one shot to another matching
action/ pace
 A visual “bridge”

10. 180 Degree Rule
 Designed to prevent confusion for audience

11. 180 Degree Rule
 Camera can be
placed in red
area or green
area, but not in
both areas
during same
sequence,
unless bridged
by a camera
movement

12. 180 Degree Rule

13. Preliminary Task
 Continuity Task plus Blog (at least 3 per week)
 Continuity features:
 Action match
 Shot/ reverse shot
 180 degree rule
 The scenario:
 A character:
 opens a door (ACTION MATCH)
 crosses a room (180 DEGREE RULE)
 sits on a chair facing another character
 exchanges dialogue (SHOT/ REVERSE SHOT)

14. Level 4 Criteria
 DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE in CREATIVE USE
of MOST OF following TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Steadiness of shots where appropriate
 Framing shots, including/ excluding elements
 Variety of shots/ distances
 Shooting appropriate material
 Selecting mise-en-scene
 Colour/ lighting/ objects/ setting
 Editing for meaning using appropriate effects
 Accurate use of sound/ image
 Appropriate use of titles

15. How might this be achieved?

16. Schedule
 Tues 04/11/14
 Organise plans
 Devise an appropriate scenario
 by Thu 06/11/14
 Write scenario/ script
 Create a storyboard
 by Fri 07/11/13
 Plan your production schedule
 Identify what you will need
 Shoot between 07-16/11/13
 Edit between 17-28/11. Evaluation complete during
following week [outside lessons]

17. Plenary
 What ideas have groups got so far?