Continuity Editing Exercise
As practice for my final project, I had to film Karolina walking through a door, and talking to Lily. I had to follow the 180 degree rule and use match on match editing.
For the 180 degree rule, I had to ensure that all the filming I did took place on one side of Karolina. For the match on match editing I had to film Karolina opening the door on one side and then show her coming through the door on the other side without showing the door opening twice.
I then had to edit my footage to ensure that the clip was well timed and didn't have any pauses or spaces of silence so that it looked like a conversation.
The camera shots I used were a tracking shot, mid shots and medium close ups. I didn't use any different camera angles because I wanted to be at the same level as Karolina and Lily.
Ideas for my film opening - Narrative Structure of the Film
Genre - Thriller
Title of my film - The Hunt
Narrative Structure following Todorov's theory
Equilibrium - Lily and Charlie are a teenage couple. Lily has 2 half bothers, but no dad. They're a very happy family who get along really well.
Disequilibrium - One day Lily comes home and finds her family gone, she leaves a note to Charlie explaining she's following clues the kidnapper left to get her family back. Lily ends up finding herself in a life or death situation.
Equilibrium - Charlie arrives to save the day with Lily's birth father who she thought was dead. They find out that the kidnapper who wore a mask the whole time was Lily's fathers arch enemy, known as 'Hunt'. They all move back to London and become a happy family again, Lily remains having contact with her father but he doesn't move back to London with them because he has to fight crime.
Setting - London, North Finchley, a house
Main Characters - Lily, Charlie and Lily's birth dad
