Continuity Task - Final Edit

For the final edit of our continuity task, Morrighan took the role of making the final edit for our team. We discussed the possible music which we would be using for our continuity task beforehand, and came up with the final choice of Artie Shaw, Nightmare.


It is fitting with our continuity task style, as it is traditionally film noir and suits the slow speed of our shots.
When Morrighan edited the music for our team, she "Taken from Morrighan's blog: cut it and repeated it in lots of different places to result in the appropriate tempo of music at the appropriate time. I then put the volume of the music down to around 40%, so that it wouldn't take over and over power the vocal sound in the film. In some cases the vocal was still drowned out a little, so I increased the volume of that clip, so it could be heard over the music."



The feedback on the redemptive woman's shoes for mise en scene which is not fitting with the film noir style of our continuity task could not be cut out of cropped. This is because it is an important walking shot which takes up too much of the shot to be cropped out. Therefore we decided to leave this in our continuity task. From the continuity task, I learnt that it is important to not only keep shots and scenes conforming to continuity, but also the mise en scene used for a certain style, as it is one of the main things which our focus group criticised. I also developed a better understanding of the planning for films, as well as the types of shots which films use, and how to operate video cameras and use iMovie, as these are things I previously had little experience with. The skills I have gained from this task will assist me when creating my film noir OTS, for planning, filming, and editing.

Continuity Task Feedback

After presenting the unfinished first edit of our continuity task to our focus group, we recorded their feedback using handouts and by filming their comments.

Handouts which Morrighan photographed:


Presentation and comments from focus group:


In conclusion, the general response from our focus group was that the beginning clip was prolonged and should be cut shorter. We should experiment with using more transitions for our next edit, as we were lacking in this area, and for next time, we should use more than one camera for a wider variety of shots and a better understanding of the 180 degree rule. The main issue identified was with the mise en scene shoes, as the rest of the costumes were suitable for film noir characters, apart from the modern converse trainers worn by the femme fatale and redemptive woman characters. We will attempt to edit these out of our final edit.

Continuity Task - First Edit

Below is evidence of the first edit of our continuity task. It features all of our shots, scenes, and editing processes including the film title, black and white filter, and cutting/arrangement of shots. The only thing which it is lacking at this point is non-diegetic sound, which we will be adding in our next edits. We will also be presenting this edit to our focus group to recieve feedback and criticisms and possible improvements before our final edit.

Continuity Task Planning

During a free period which I shared with Morrighan, we began planning the script and shots to be used for our continuity task.We had separate roles within this planning session so that we used our time efficiently, but checked the plans with each other throughout their composition, offering any help with necessary changes and making additional points. We decided to write these plans after we had created our storyboard, as the storyboard gave us an idea of the types of shots we could use. Capturing these images in our location allowed us to walk through an improvised script, which helped me to structure this script plan. The improvised script also helped me to understand the length of takes in each scene, so I had an idea of how much dialogue and how many stage directions will fit in the takes.

My script planning

Morrighan's shot planning

Continuity Task Storyboard

Once my group decided on a narrative for our continuity task, we used a media studies lesson to create a photo storyboard in our chosen locations. The purpose of this storyboard was to;

• Experiment with possible shots and camera angles
• Find the most effective way to use our location
• Practice and test keeping continuity
• Create an improvised script to assist with structuring the final script
• Familiarise some of the actors with their roles

This is our photographic storyboard which Morrighan was in charge of uploading from her camera and editing.

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