Editing video: Continuity task






1) Discuss what your preliminary exercise will involve – make notes on your blogpost of locationsequence of eventscasting etc.

Plan: Conversation about how males should not be sagging their pants because it is unappealling to look at.

Location - D-block room

Sequence of events: Both girls walk in from the bottom of d block stairs, they go into the classroom and sit down. They have a funny conversation about the atrociousness of boys sagging their pants and rambling on about it. 

2) Write a short script for the preliminary exercise. Remember, scripts outline movement and shots as well as dialogue. The BBC Writer's Room is a brilliant resource for tips and examples of TV scriptwriting. Here's a genuine TV script example from Luther to check you are formatting your script correctly.




1     INT. FRONT DOOR OF THE  BUILDING


Girls opening the FRONT DOOR.


2     INT. WIDE SHOT OF BUILDING STAIRS


Girls walking up the STAIRS.


3     INT. TOP OF THE STAIRS


Both girls open the classroom door.



4     INT. CLASSROOM


Both girls sit down.


5     INT. IN CLASSROOM



Hadiya is smiling due to something funny that happened recently

HADIYA

Girl, guess what happened.


6     INT. IN CLASSROOM


SUMEYRA 

What happened?



7     INT. IN CLASSROOM


HADIYA

I was walking to my English  class and as I was walking there I saw a boy and his trousers were all the way down to his knees 



8     INT. IN CLASSROOM


SUMEYRA 

Oh my gosh  


9. INT. IN CLASSROOM


HADIYA

There is absolutely no way people can find that attractive.



10. INT. IN CLASSROOM


SUMEYRA 

For real.


11. INT. Outside classroom


The person the girls are talking about walks in.


Both girls start to laugh. 

Mariam




3) Write a shot list of every possible shot (and a few extra) you will need for this preliminary exercise. An example shot list is here.


Shot list: 

Shot No.

Shot

Filmed?

1

Establishing shot

Yes

2

Medium long shot

Yes

3

Very long shot

Yes

4

Medium Long shot

Yes

5

Tracking shot

Yes

6

OTS/ Medium Long shot

Yes

7

OTS/ Medium Long shot

Yes

8

OTS/ Medium Long shot

Yes

9

OTS/ Medium Long shot

Yes

10

OTS/ Medium Long shot

Yes

11

OTS/ Medium Long shot

Yes

12

Tracking shot

Yes

13

Medium Close up

Yes





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