Continuity Sequence

In class we got given a task to make a 'Continuity sequence' without breaking the 180o degree rule. The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. If the camera passes over the axis, it is called jumping the line or crossing the line. Here is a image showing the 180 rule as you can see , the two people are in conversation and the 'imaginary line' cuts straight through them , the camera is on the right side and can only go in the green section , if the camera goes across to the red side , its breaking the 180 degree rule. Also in the continuity sequence had to include the following: shot/reverse shot continuity shot match shot. The clip had to include , someone entering the room , sitting down , and then leaving the room. and after we had to edit the clip individual to learn 'Final cut pro' when it comes to our title sequence. In my group was Me , James , Conor and Charlie. We came up of the idea of two gangsters 'Leonardo' and 'Franco' are arguing as 'Franco' by accident killed someone who the boss wanted alive. We wanted to make this amusing for our audience so we attempted Italian accents ( which was terrible ) to create humor and include a terrible fight scene between the two gangsters to create humor too. Problems We enc-outed a few problems as in school there is so much activity going on around you , its hard to film when something was once there , then when you start filming again for the next part , something moved or something or someone has appeared. To stop this from happening we changed location and moved into a quiet corridor with a empty classroom. Feedback We showed our teacher our filming to get feedback and see if we have achieved our task or need to improve in some cases. The teacher said that we didn't breach the 180 degree rule and completed all the tasks. In addition =, the teacher was amused and found are short film 'hilarious' so not only did we complete the tasks set.We achieved our groups target for our film to be a comedy and make people laugh, which is a bonus. Editing Next on the apple macs , we uploaded our continuity sequence and used final cut pro to edit them. We each chose a section of the clip , Myself ( Start to entering the room). The editing I done was to shorten the clips down to as much as possible using the cut tool , to ensure our film is short as possible and not too time consuming to watch as a short film. In addition the cuts between each shot had to make sure it runs smoothly and doesn't jump. Personally , the match on action of opening the door was difficulty to ensure that it all runs smoothly , it took me a few attempts but eventually the opening of the door runs perfect. As a group , we was successful as we achieved all the goals set and produced a very amusing continuity piece. And the editing section gave me more confidence for when the coursework starts of the Title sequence as now i have experience in editing.