Firstly we shoot the master shot, to establish the entire setting of the tree and the space around it, and the characters (Gavin and the two girls, me and Chrystal). This makes sure that the audience have a clear idea of exactly where and who this story takes place with. The same shot then zooms rapidly into Gavin's face, into a close up, which makes obvious the main character.
The next shot is of Gavin climbing into shot and then climbing out, this gives the shot a sense of verticality, also using up the full frame, which is unconventional for that type of shot, making it different.
Following that is a high angle shot of the two girls looking up to Gavin, realising that he's falling. The high angle shot shows the point of view from Gavin, as he is in the tree looking down at the two girls.
This then cuts to a low angle shot of Gavin wobbling in the tree, about to fall. The effect of the low angle is to exaggerate the height of the tree and the distance he will fall from. To follow this is another close up shot of Gavin falling in and out of frame.
Lastly was a shot of high angle framing of Gavin lying on the floor, hurt from his fall. The high angle was to represent his pain and damage to his body and to his dignity in front of his friends.
b) In hindsight, what could you do to improve the continuity (narrative flow) of the sequence?
To improve the continuity of our sequence I would change the framing of some of the shots. A few went straight from long shot to close up, such as the wobbling shot and the falling shot, which leaves the audience slightly disorientated because of it.
Also the shot of the two girls looking up to Gavin in the tree broke the 180˚ rule as we filmed on the opposite side of the tree as oppose to the rest of the shots, which again leaves the audience disorientated because of the fast changing in direction.
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