Narrative Sequence
This is the storyboard that helped us create a plan for a variety of shots that we would include:
Here is my narrative sequence of making a paper airplane:
Reflection
Throughout this task, I learned how to set up a tripod correctly with good lighting and focus in order to frame a steady shot and produce good-quality footage. It also taught me how important it is filming to edit. To shoot for continuity, the shots should flow as one when edited together; because if I were to film a shot and there’d be a slight difference in it compared to the others, it would be a continuity error. Editing in chronological order is simply to get the sequence to make sense.
We used the storyboard as a guide to film the sequence from different angles and shots, getting the actor to repeat the sequence each time. This allowed for no continuity errors and filming for a narrative sense/meaning. Although, there was a shot that had low-key lighting and was out of focus so we ended up not being able to use this in the final edit.
We used a new software, Premiere Pro, to cut and edit our clips together. It enabled us to straight cut to different angles to create Match On Action and Reaction shots. I learnt how to slow down a shot so that it was clear and added suspense. We could also add certain transitions in between our shots, like dissolve or fade (specifically to black/white), and include effects like colour correct to brighten or add an overlay of colour to a clip to create an emotion for the narrative.
After this task, I feel more confident with how to cut and edit together clips to produce a sequence which has a clear narrative. This has given me a good understanding of how to plan and portray a narrative sequence in preparation for my own music video.