Evaluation Activity 8

In this task I believe we did very well, the why I will try and improve for next year would probably be to develop the skills such as 180 rule and match on action, this I would try and develop through making my own films over the summer. This year there were several things I think I would have done differently, I would have probably used a much wider range of shot types as I believe that we relied on medium shots too much throughout the film and I would have liked to see some more close ups and long shots, we tended to just use the camera in different ways, like moving it about and changing the angles, we were more reliant on the editing to make each shot look good. I would have also done some of the editing differently, because I feel at some moments the film kind of stops for a second then moves on, I feel there is very little flow in the film. I would have also done far more scripting in the film because at the time we had very little scripting which meant the actors weren't sure what to say and it was also very difficult trying to get the right emotions for the character, so I would have done far more research on detectives and how they behave around crime scenes, just to have some kind of idea on what to say and how.

In our next production we will try and use a much wider range of shots, this should be particularly easy as the next project in A2 is to make a trailer which can make it easier for us to use different shots.

Targets:
Mise-en-scene, I believe in this project we got most of the props and costumes very accurate, however there were several instances throughout that didn't fit in, I think that some of the objects that were in the background shouldn't have been there and next time we should try and remove these objects.
Camera composition, We will try and add more variety of camera shots and use them to add more effect like showing the actors emotion using close ups and providing an establishing shot with extreme long shots and long shots.
Editing: I think we should try and make the project flow better by making more cuts and providing transitions between shots to make it appear a bit more like a movie. However sudden shot cuts would probably be necessary in the next project as we are creating a trailer.
Sound: We will probably add a soundtrack to our next project to add a sense of tension and build excitement in the audience, as it is a trailer, I think that it probably wouldn't have worked in this project because it didn't really require any need for tension build up and it would have been very over the top to use it in the two minutes.