Continuity Sequence

This is my produced continuity sequence:

I was instructed - during lesson - by my 2 media teachers to create this via group work (up to 4 people max)

My group in particular comprised of 4 members: me, James Covill, Thomas Sibley and Gangshyam Shiyani.



PRE-PRODUCTION:

• As a group, we unanimously decided that we were all going to use the exact same footage to produce our sequences, however; come post-production, all edit it differently to one another. We planned this so that all our sequences could be distinguished with ease upon completion.
• To ensure we knew exactly what footage we wanted, we drew out a sequential shot-by-shot storyboard: it outlined all the technical, visual and auditory codes that we wanted to employ. We successfully created our storyboard within the same double-period (2 hours) that we had in which the assignment was given.
• We planned to shoot our footage in the classroom E20 - in the media department - after school.

PRODUCTION:

• Having been assigned the role of cinematographer, I went to acquire 2 Canon DSLR cameras (what we wanted) from the school's media department. Despite only 1 being necessary, we felt that having 2 would help to facilitate creating 'continuity' across our sequences as we could capture our planned shots synchronously from numerous angles at once, enabling more breadth shot selection come post-production - making distinguishing easier. Unfortunately, only one camera was left available to borrow, nevertheless, shooting still managed to go well. 
• I filmed our footage at 3:00pm - after school - on the 24th November 2015. Whilst conducting filming, the rest of my group enacted their assigned technical roles: Thomas and Gangshyam had both opted to be the two actors within our sequences. They depicted the two key characters seen. James, however; similarly to me, felt more tech-inclined and best at asset on support. He ensured that we had gathered all the necessary props in the lead-up to shooting and that the setting was also configured exactly as we had planned.  

POST-PRODUCTION:

• Personally, I discovered that editing was not my forte and that it actually was the most tedious stage in the process of producing my sequence: from this task I have learnt that I am not particularly fond of it. I naturally found editing irritating; it consumed three of my media lessons and, even after being completed, still managed to vex me somewhat. I felt urge to make further alterations to my sequence literally the same day, which I consequently gave in to. I ended up doing this twice throughout the week.
• It was tedious because we consistently disputed which shots we each going to employ and exactly how sequentially within our sequences. We wanted to avoid similarities being heeded across them.