To easily grasp the concept of continuity editing techniques, I decided to provide cinematic examples of the different techniques whilst providing the definition of the technique to accompany it. This was also further presented with our own self shot examples of different editing techniques. I felt this was the easiest and most direct way to coherently present different editing techniques.
Looking back on the final product I could have defiantly provided a lot more detail when it came to the definitions of the different techniques. There are also some examples of the cinematic clips where the editing technique isn't immediately apparent and may require a second viewing as they can be quite easy to miss.
Un-intentially, I did not prepare a self shot example of the 180 degree rule. I therefore had to recycle the clip I shot to demonstrate the shot reverse shot technique. Luckily these two techniques coincide and therefore was able to use the footage to represent both the shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. If i were to revisit this project i would have double checked that every technique had been covered and that they all had examples to accompany them.
The match on action shoot was particularly difficult as we had to ensure that the timing was perfect when it came to editing to convincingly and accurately portray this specific editing technique. If the timing was off then the clip would have been irrelevant.
Overall the most challenging aspect of the video was coming up with seemingness transitions between different editing techniques. I believe in doing so it has further improved my editing, as well as my practical and camera skills.
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