Three Shot Sequences

Three shot sequences are very important parts of visual story telling. When you are making a great video, sequencing is key. A sequence is three great clips with changing perspectives from wide to medium then to a close-up. It is important to have great sequencing skills because it makes your movies better and more interesting. Sequencing helps to show detail in the closest shot, gives you an establishing wide shot, and helps give you an idea about the details that will pour forth with your close up by giving you a great middle!

At the beginning of the school year, we did a project about sequencing, just a nice short video to prepare for the bigger one we did later. It was a sequence with a wide, establishing shot of a boy picking up a piece of paper and a pen, a medium shot of him writing on the paper, and a close up of what he was writing. It was one of the first one's we did, so it's not exactly the best video we have ever done. But it's a good example of a sequence!

Here it is....