Thursday, 4 February 2016

Question 7 - Evaluation

I forgot to mention hardware such as fig rigs. I learnt how to use new hardware such as attaching a camera to a fig rig and a tripod.

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Rough Cut Evaluation

Order of the Title Sequence:
  • The order of our title sequence is chronological
  • We haven't included all of the shots that we had planned to
Quality of Camera Work:
  • A lot of the shots filmed are shaky or not straight
  • To prevent this we could use a fig rig when filming tracking shots and put the camera on a tripod and use the zoom settings
Variety of Shots:
  • Shots used were relevant to our theme
  • A wider range could have been used to create tension and build anticipation
  • There are not enough shots and angles for each movement 
Use of Lighting:
  • We filmed during daylight hours so the lighting may have not depicted the entirety of the idea we were trying to convey
  • To improve we could film more of our shots in darker settings using tungsten lights or when it is cloudy
Performance:
  • We stayed in role during shots
  • We could have got more into the roles we were playing in order to portray the characters realistically 
  • We could have done some research into the characteristics of the characters we were playing
Use of mise-en-scene:
  • I think we could have concentrated more on our surroundings, choosing a place that could be instantly related to our genre

Monday, 4 January 2016

Targets

SWOT Analysis

Strengths:

  • The analysis and general presentation of my work is clear
  • Most ideas are detailed and varied.

Weaknesses:

  • We should have shown a wider variety of ways to present our work
  • Not many visual prompts to help support our ideas.

Opportunities:

  • I think our film could be improved by:-
    • Use the correct equipment to film
    • Taking a greater advantage of the time provided for us to use resources
  • To improve our blog we should:-
    • Include more visual elements
    • Post more evidence of filming and editing.

Threats:

  • I wasn't confident with the genre or general idea of our title sequence as I do not experience with any of the main themes. This therefore made me hesitant to pursue the idea.
  • During the first weeks blogging my work went missing which was very discouraging and made it harder to be enthusiastic.