Evaluation of Continuity Sequence

Mise-en-scene is what props, costumes, lighting... is used in the scene. The scene above uses natural lighting as it is outside on a sunny day so there is no need for any artificial lighting. The character in the scene is wearing a suit which could be seen as a sign of authority,  the fact he has a scruffy look in the scene could mean they we recently running or something like that. The other character however is wearing "street" clothes like a hoodie and jeans. In this scene two characters are both holding guns and are in what seems to be a stand-off.

There are a few different types of lighting in filming some examples would be: Motivated lighting which is used to imitate existing light (e.g. someone lights a candle in a dark room so the candle looks like the only light source) and Artificial lighting which is achieved by using studio lighting. In the scene above however we used Ambient lighting which is the name for natural light as we were filming outside on a sunny day.

High and Low angles can be used for different things- High angles are often used to make the subject of the scene look weak whereas Low angles are used to make the subject look strong/powerful. In the scene on the left we used a Low angle to make the character seem more powerful. In the scene on the right we used a High angle for more of an establishing shot.

Different shot distances can be used give different effects to the shot. Wide shots (like the one above) are used to show the subject(s) and their surrounding whilst also allowing for action to take place.

Camera movements allow for different things, depending on what sort of movement is being used. If there will be 'interesting' movement in the shot, like crowds of people or clouds moving, the camera will not move. If the intent is to reveal new information just off screen a pan or tilt movement is used. If the shot is showing something less interesting, but you still want to show some sort of action you can use a camera arc (like above, which shows a stand-off situations between to men with guns).

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When piecing together different shots/clips different transitions are added, and often different transitions are meant to show different meanings. Cuts are the most simple and basic form of transition as no effect has been added when putting the two clips together. A fade transition may mean the next scene is happening much later on in the storyline. Wipe transitions (like the one above) are usually used for a 'meanwhile...' effect, however when we used it was not for this effect, it was more used as just something other than a cut transition.

The 180 degree rule. In filming there is an imaginary axis that the camera has to stay on one side of, this rule is most used with shot reverse shot scenes, thi means that when two people are talking the camera switches to behind the other persons shoulder when the other is talking, the 180 degree rule comes in here because 'person A' will always appear on a certain side of the screen (e.g. the left side) whilst 'person B' will always appear on the other side of the screen (e.g. the right side) during the conversation. This is because if the camera crosses over the 180 degree line the characters appear to have switched places, which will disorientate the audience.


Establishing Shots are usually long or extreme long shots and are used to show the audience the general location of where, when etc... the scene is happening.
Match on Action shots are where the shots show action through a transition allowing for continuous flow of action, for example- a shot showing someone opening a car door would then be followed by a shot of them turning on the ignition.
Eye-line match shots are where we see the character on screen looking at something, then the camera cuts to show what the character is looking at, for example we see someone looking through a window at something happening and then the shot cuts to show us what's happening but it shows us from the characters P.O.V so we see what's happening from exactly where they do.
Point of view (P.O.V) shots show us what is happening in a scene from the characters 'eyes', this is used to give the audience more of a feel as to what's going on, these shots are used very commonly in horror films as it makes the scenes feel that much more realistic, as if the audience is actually there living it.

I have learnt a lot about shooting during the induction tasks, I learnt a lot of things I didn't know like the meanings behind different shots, camera angles and transitions. The part of the induction task I enjoyed most was filming because it was fun.