T3: Continuity Exercise

1. Tape Logging
Tape logging involved capturing the clips that were on the camera and uploading them onto final cut. I did this by getting the camera and plugging it to the iMac, after I did this I waited to find the name of the camera on there and clicked on it. When this was done I captured the video and pressed space when  I was finished cutting the scenes that I want and when the clips are cut and divided in different sections they are put in the 'keep fit in dance' section like shown below. When the clips go through to this box you can drag any of them into the lines at the bottom to make the clip.

2. Edit decision lists
Edit decision list was used to decide who was doing what in the tasks asked. This was decided easily because there were just four topic scenes we had to film so Carina and myself decided to split it in two sections. Carina did the beginning and I did the ending.

3. Uploading the footage
When uploading the footage to my blog I went onto my YouTube account and searched for my video, I found it by typing the name "Continuity Exercise Animatic. After this all the results with this title came up and I picked the one that said "By Yvonne Kameni" next to the video. After this i clicked on the video and scrolled down and clicked on the "share" column and then pressed embed, after pressing this a link of the video comes at the bottom of the screen in the link box. I then copied the link below and pasted it to my blog

4. Organising/labelling clips in bins
My clips were labelled in the bin. I labelled them so that it would be easier to find some clips and so that if I do not want to use a clip I label it as "don't use".

5. Using a range of editing tools e.g. cropping, transitions, layering
while I was editing my film I used a range of editing tools which involved cropping and adding transitions between the shots, that way it would blend into the next shot.

6. Audio mixing
In my continuity exercise there was no audio mixing needed because it was a continuity exercise and all the sound we recorded were used as there were conversations in certain parts of it.

7. Uploading to YouTube

When uploading to YouTube I made a YouTube account and I clicked on the upload video clip and then a box at the bottom came up, I then renamed the video posted it on top YouTube. To make sure that my video was uploaded I refreshed the YouTube page and typed in the name of my video to see if it would come up and work and it did.

Below are the steps you need to upload from Final cut Express to Youtube 

1. Make sure that the work is completed and saved.

2. File - Export - Using Quick Time Conversion

3. Click "options"

4. Change the following settings 

Video Settings 

Settings

- Compressor Type > MPEG4 > Video

- Key Frames > Automatic 

- Compressor > Medium 

- Date Rate > Limited to 600 

5. Click "Ok" 

Size setting 

Compressor Native > (choose from downdrop menu) 320 x 240 QVGA 

6. Click "OK" 

Sound Settings 

Sound format > AAC

Channels > Mono 

7. Click "Ok" then "Ok" 

8. Name the file something you will recognise 

9. Save 

8. Uploading to BLOG!!
When uploading to my blog I copy the link from YouTube and click on the "HTML" button at the top left corner of the page. I then scroll down on the page to where I want to put the video and paste the video by right clicking the mouse and clicking paste, 3 rows down.

T2: Continuity Exercise

1. Director
Director is the person that is in charge of  an activity, department or organisation. In this case the person was was in charge of directing and guiding the characters to where they are suppose to be etc. Carina Monteiro was the person in charge of directing the shots.

2. Camera Operator
Camera Operator is someone that is responsible for physically operating the camera and maintaining composition and camera angles throughout a given scene or shot. In narrative film making the operator will collaborate with the director, director of photography, actors and crew to make technical and creative decisions. The Camera Operator for this task was Carina Monteiro.

3. Sound Operator
Sound Operator is the the person responsible for the overall and total execution of all sound related aspects of a theatrical performance. This job includes operating a mixing console and sound reinforcement system, as well as co-ordination sound effects and mixing microphones. The sound operator in this task was Jacob La Jolie.

4. Editor
The Editor is the person who is in charge of and determines the final outcome of the material for publication. In this task Carina Monteiro and myself were both editors. She edited the beginning and I edited the end.

5. Record the production process using a still digital camera
Below are pictures taken while we were on the scene of our preliminary task. All including the back shot, side shots, up close and the scenery.

T1: Continuity Exercise

Task One

Using the template provided by your teacher plan a short sequence that demonstrates your understanding of continuity editing.  Including:

• 180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. Above is an image of the 180 degree rule.

• action match

Action match is matching the action (movement or motion) of characters or objects in one shot to the action in the next shot where the action continues. Above are two examples of how the actions match and how the camera flows with the motion as it moves to the next shot

• eye line match

An eye-line match is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the premise that the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing. The eye-line match begins with a character looking at something off-screen, followed by a cut to the object or person at which he is looking. For example a man is looking off-screen to his left, and then the film cuts to a television that he is watching. Above is an example of an eye line match.

T1: Continuity Exercise

1. 180 degree rule is used in the video when we are having a conversation when on the bench


2. Match on action is shown when we were walking towards the bench and it was video'd from behind and then it was video'd from the front where we were walking towards  the bench


3. Eye-line match is used in the video when we were both looking at each other the camera showed what the person was looking at.

In the video below we got given a task to show the 180 degree rule, match on action and the eye line match. We did this

4.Storyboard
Below is the storyboard for my continuity exercise, this is an example of the shots that we will be filming in order.

5. Animatic
Below is an animatic version of my storyboard, i drew my sketches of what every shot would look like and i took pictures of each shot and made it into an animatic video.



6. Shooting Schedule

Day	Scene	Location	Equipment	Costumes	Props	Cast +Crew
	180 degree rule Match on action	Robert Clack Garden	Camera Tripod Tape Microphone			Carina Monteiro Jacob Lajolie Yvonne Kameni