Continuity Task

Our group was awarded a level 2 from the class and teacher, and we were given feedback in ways of which we could improve.

One of the main issues found with our piece is that it was incomplete; there was no physical evidence of the character exiting the room. Another problem is that the music was seen as needless - that it didn't really flow with the piece and it could have been faded out. Furthermore, facial expressions were quite unclear as a result of the framing of shots, which didn't engage the audience well, as it was unknown what the reactions were and took attention away from the action.

To improve on future tasks, it would be best to allow the audience to know, more clearly, what's going on, so improving on facial expressions and the framing of shots. Overall, our task was completed well, in terms of effective camera work and working as a group. We worked well as a group because we each knew what area we would be working on and organised our time well. However, we will need to take more notice in camera positioning and who to use for our acting.

Additionally, the sound wasn't very good quality as the clicking of the camera could be heard, thus causing a distraction to the audience and reducing quality. Along with this, clips could have been shortened and editing could have been completed more effectively. By using shorter clips, we could have engaged the audience much more because more tension would have been built. Other improvements would be to organise more efficiently before hand; the location and actors of which we had planned were not available, so we had to improvise. Resulting in an unideal location and using actors that were not drama students. In future, we will use drama students to engage the audience and make the piece more believable, and also make sure that we prepare and organise well before shooting.