In class today we were put in twos and had to look at previous work by As media students. We had to look at their blog and watch the final video they made. After doing so we had to grade them, 20 marks in total for planning and research and 60 marks in total for construction. I had examined this project T2-61.
After reading through their blog it was clear that they have gone into deep research and planning. They analysed to film opening sequences these being; Panic Room & Enemy Of The State.
This showed that they are looking at other thrillers to give a feel of how to introduce or open their movie, and also shows that they are planning ahead to keep giving themselves some ideas.
They also had team meetings at certain dates, this is useful for planning as they can check things of a list that have been done and talk about what needs to be done in order for completion, or what might need changing. At one of their team meetings they had watched the first 25 minutes of a horror called Switchblade romance, this gave them an idea of mise-en-scene and camerawork used.
They also looked at the sound used in the Panic Room opening sequence this helped give them an idea what to produce for theirs.
They had created a storyboard and then imported it into final cut and did some tweaking to turn it into an animatic they also applied their sound track into it. This gave them an idea of time allowances for both the sound track and the video on completion. The storyboard itself was well done it highlighted the key points and wasn't too long and going off point.
They also did some research on a font for them to use in their titles.
They had done a lot of research into the location and the costumed that they should use. They also researched and gathered up some prop images to use eg the phone title sequence.
They had tested out the CCTV style footage, this means that they are learning to do something new, and figuring out how it should be done. This makes them seem more professional.
Overall I gave this a 15/20, they did well but in my opinion they didn't do enough to scrape that A grade. There was 3 of them and they only managed to do 21 posts. This is a really small amount for the number of people in the team and the time they have been allocated.
For their construction (video), I think that some of the effects and camera work they used worked well with the style of film. The CCTV effect where it then went to real life worked well, although I think they should have kept it as CCTV footage instead of reverting back to real life. This would have built more of a feel that the stalker is watching him through cameras and technology rather than literally stalking him.
At the start when we are looking at the computer I think that the fact that it doesn't look like a computer they are looking at but a floating screen makes them look unprofessional. I think they should have included another light just so we can see the outline of the computer itself and maybe not see the man sitting at the computer screen. In my opinion this gives away too much at the start.
Their idea with the titles that they had some written on the phone and some written on the ipod, I think that this is a good idea. But they should have one or the other, having both makes it seem messy and again unprofessional.
The soundtrack in my opinion doesn't work so well and the eerie noise at the start when the guy is walking past the locker just seems random.
I think overall this was a good student made opening sequence, and I would have given this 40/60. The mise-en-scene could have been improved with a few more props and the camera work at the start was a bit jolty.
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