Analysis of my First Continuity Activity

The sequence begins with a straight cut to begin the short, Usually this would be a fade up but due to time restrictions my group forgot to change this. 

The first shot type is a long shot establishing the location with the car park in the background which plays a key part in the short. We then have a match on action to shot 2 in order to keep the continuity of our main character walking from inside the corridor to outside in the car park. 

Shot 2 is an extreme long shot, panning towards the car from the door leading out of the corridor to the car door. This shot ends with the character reaching out for his car door, with the match on action being the reaching and grabbing of the car of shot 3.

Shot 3 is close up of the door, filmed at a slightly high angle to give variation of shot angles as both shots beforehand were filmed straight on. It uses yet another match on action into shot for of the car door opening and closing as our character enters the car in shot 4.

Shot 4 is an extremely short one inside of the car breaking the 180° rule, although due to the nature of the shot being filmed at a high angle it is not noticeably confusing to the audience. By using a straight cut to the shot 5 as soon as he sits on the seat we are able to create the illusion that the entire car has just disappeared. 

By using a long shot in shot 5 you are able to see that the car is no longer there, instead only a plastic chair. If I were to retake this shot I would be more precise about the movement of the arms as in the car shot his arms were by his side whereas in the next shot they are up as if he had his hands on the steering wheel. At the end of shot 5 the chair is spinning so in order to keep the continuity we straight cut a match of action to the chair spinning in the same direction in shot 6.

In shot 6 we use a medium long shot to start exploring the confusion felt in more detail, this is then cut to a reaction shot at a slightly low angle. Both shots 7 and 8 are simple medium long shots of our main character going through a door using matches on action of the door opening and closing in order to make it look continuous. 

At the end of shot 8 the character stops and looks towards the left of the shot connecting to the shot 9 with an eye line match looking at another person in the class. This shot is not entirely in focus but it is clear that this secondary character is looking towards the right, keeping continuity with the use of the rule of thirds. We then cut back to our final shot, shot 10.

Our final shot cuts back to our main character, with the shot again out of focus, with a medium close up. It is then straight cut halfway during his final word for comedic purposes fading into the end card.