We began our accident sequence with an establishing shot, introducing the audience to the setting and the character. We then cut to a medium shot of the character, Louis, warming up, contrasting with the previous wide shot and allowing the audience to predict that he is going to jump over the hurdles. We cut to a medium long shot, now positioning the camera behind Louis to show where he is and what he is about to do. When we did this, we used match on action to create narrative flow. As he began to run over the hurdles, we continued with the same shot, tilting the camera upwards to ensure that he remained in the frame. We then cut to medium low angle shot, which was effective because it made the hurdles look higher and Louis appeared to be running faster. When making our continuity sequence, we never broke the 30-degree rule.
b) In hindsight, what could you do to improve the continuity (narrative flow) of the sequence?
A mistake that we made while shooting our accident sequence was breaking the 180-degree rule. When Louis jumped over the final hurdle, we moved the camera to the other side of the hurdles, making it look like he was now running in the opposite direction. Also, there is another character, Mari, in our third shot. However, she wasn't standing there in any of the other shots, making it look like she had randomly appeared and then disappeared. To improve, we would have to keep her standing there or not have her there at all. Also, the last two shots didn't really follow the match on action rule as it cut from Louis running into the hurdle to suddenly being on the ground. However, it would have been difficult to follow this rule without Louis actually hurting himself.
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