Assessment Exercise - Original film

This is the orginal film that we re-made

Continuity

Arguably the most difficult aspect of cinematography is continuity; the ability of making each scene fit with the previous one and the next one, allowing the piece to look smooth.

In this exercise we filmed several scenes of a very basic succession of movements, and using good continuity ensured that each part fitted well. 

Whilst good continuity makes a film appear professionally shot, bad composition can make a section of film look awful and difficult to watch! 

Composition

One of the key aspects of making a film is composition- the way that things are set out on the screen, in the foreground and the background. If composition is good, it can make the whole film look professional and easy to watch, whereas poor composition can make each shot appear amateur and unrealistic. The best way to ensure that composition is of a decent quality is to use the 'rule of thirds', in which each shot is divided into nine equal squares. The key is to get important features of the shot (such as major facial expressions or items), and in the video which we created, we attempted to use this method to capture shots with good composition.

Below are a few examples of stills from films and other forms of media which show brilliant composition.