Planning The Continuity Filming Exercise

 We were given some tips on how to make sure we were successful when filing our continuity piece, these included:

• Use a story board and script to plan what you are filming.
• Ensure that you keep the camera steady.
• Consider the shot/reverse shot technique whilst filming to ensure it makes sense.
• Try to include a wide variety of shots including close ups/extreme close ups.

I scripted our continuity exercise and ran through it with Caitlin to sure it made sense and to double check that we had enough shots of different types.

Before we were ready to film we had to make sure we knew how to correctly set up all the equipment which meant setting up and stabilising the tripod, setting up the camera and making sure that it was securely fitted to the tripod to avoid it from falling off.

We got the camera running and double checked everything to make sure it was safe to use. I filmed a close up of Caitlin's eye to get used to filming this type of shot. I did notice that slight movements were very obvious so we had to make sure the camera remained as still as possible when we were filming.

We also checked that our memory card was clear so there was plenty of space for our shots to be filmed and then we checked we had a spare battery for our camera just in case the battery we were using had a fault.