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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

WEEK 5 HOMEWORK: PRINCIPLES OF CONTINUITY

Continuity editing is all about making your film work in a logical fashion so the audience can follow it easily and enjoy the story you have created, without being confused. There are a key set or rules or 'princpiles' that directors routinely follow in order to enable the audience to 'suspend' their disbelief and concetrate on the story. For your Foundation Unit learning, you will need to know these principles, be able to identify them in films and actually use them yourself in your film making. Your preliminary video task will enable you to practice these techniques before you make your actual film for the assessment. This week's homework will get you started.

1. Read the relevant background material on the principles of continuity editing in the folder and the booklet you have been given

a) Pages B25 - 28
b) Booklet - 'Making Your Film Make Sense' - all 5 pages (keep this in your plastic wallet in the back of your folder

2. Summarise the key points you have learnt from the reading and the accidents task, and explain how you think they will be useful for your own film making experiences in the future

Post all of the above to your blog.

Deadline: next Tuesday 5th October

Extension: Next week you will be asked to choose a film clip that illustrates the principles of continuity editing. Start watching some films/ clips in order to spot the techniques; this will also give you some time to think about the clip you might want to use for next week's homework.

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