Continuity Task

One problem we faced when carrying out the continuity task was the over the shoulder shot as Sam opens the door; as none of us in the group had ever had experience using a camera with a tripod or handheld, it made it particularly difficult for us to keep a steady hand when shooting. To overcome this problem, each of us tried shooting an over the shoulder shot beforehand, and whichever shot we found most applicable, we used in our piece; although it took quite a while to finalise the shot we wanted, we eventually came to a conclusion, subsequently using the shot in the piece above.

Another problem we encountered, was the tilt as Sam entered the room; we wanted the shot to appear as though Brogan was looking up to see who was entering the office, however we found it extremely difficult to keep a steady hand and position the camera correctly, causing the shots to look exceedingly unnatural. To resolve this, we decided to change the positioning of our actor's, meaning the shot would be a straight tilt instead of one which slightly turned, although this was still fairly hard, it looked much more natural, ultimately making the piece flow better, and generally give the impression that the camera was from Brogan's point of view, looking up at Sam.

What's more, we had many discussions on what music and sound to add to our piece, however as the piece wasn't particularly tension building and atmospheric, we struggled in finding appropriate music for the sound bridge. Eventually, we decided not to use music, as it didn't appear to make a large difference to the quality of the piece, as the majority of the piece is dominated by dialogue.

An additional setback was the location of our piece; we first began shooting in one place, and because we hadn't completed filming throughout that day, the following day the chosen location was no longer available, meaning we had to film the whole thing again in a new setting. This setback caused us to feel extremely rushed with filming, meaning the quality of our shots lessened compared to the first day.