We worked very well in this task as a team. We shared the camera work out equally so we could all have a part in filming; we also all each had a part to play in our short film. We used a range of different camera shots and tried to be very inventive with some shots, such as the extreme low angle shot we used. This was a very tricky shot to do, as we had to lie on the floor with the camera in hand and we didn’t want the shot to be shaky. Even with the great difficulty this shot was actually very effective. We also tried to use the 180 degrees shot but unfortunately we broke the rule. We filmed Catherine from left to right and the right to left, when entering the door and walking into the kitchen. We now know how to film the 180 degrees rule correctly, when we revisited our film in editing. We used a variety of close ups one that we used effectively is where Catherine is reading some papers, and the masked figure is in the background. It shows how the character (Catherine) is doing the norm, where as we as the audience know that what we can actually see is not normal at all.
0:00 - Good framing for opening shot, although some sort of establishing shot would also be useful in order to contextualise. Titles work well - timing is good.
ReplyDelete0:08 - For the purpose of the action match, it would have been good to have seen the character enter through the door. The camera-work is a little shakey here, as is the next shot. Your framing is a little wobbly - there are heads being cut off...
0:25 - You are relying slightly too much on long takes. You need too make sure that you vary the range of shots you are using in order to meet the needs of the final task. However, this is quite effective when your masked figure appears. Would have been even better if she'd entered into the middle of the window, as if from nowhere
0:34 - This is a rather good shot - well framed
0:38 - A slight continuity error here with the cup; the action match is not quite right
0:43 - The hand-held shot is quite good, but don't get used to this too much; it can lead to quite lazy film-making
0:50 - There is a rather odd fade-through-black here; you would only really do this to show that an amount of time had passed and if so the fade would be quicker. Here it makes no sense...
0:52 - This is a rather well-framed shot, although even better if little less wobbly
0:58 - A rather weird additive dissolve here - not sure what you were trying to achieve. If you wanted the effect of the masked figure disapearing, you needed to keep the camera (and Catherine) totally still
1:07 - A similarly weird effect when the light is turned on. Not sure why you used a cross-fade here. The music works well and the sound balance is reasonable. The framing of the shot here is good, although some use of CUs would improve the narrative flow
1:11 - A rather nasty breaking of the 180 rule here, as well as continuity. Your masked figure moves from R to L and then in the next shot has stopped facing L to R. You should have followed the move and shot from the other side. The framing of this shot is good. The knife also appears to have jumped from one hand to the other
1:15 - You're breaking 180 again, andthere is a lack of continuity with Catherine's hands (they are now in front of her face...). Look at the way in which the characters appear to reverse direction
1:17 - You've kind of broken 180 again... The shot is well framed though. There is an action mis-match with Catherine's hands, which were in front of her face...
1:24 - There is a slight black glitch here, a timeline issue
1:28 - I like the way you've shot this, with an extreme low angle; very inventive
1:44 - The final shot and use of slo-mo are effective; I would have held on this while the credits rolled
Although there are a number of errors in terms of continuity and editing, this is an inventive and ambitious piece. You use some good, imaginative shots and there is a clear sense of narrative. When you come to do your final piece, I think a little more planning and attention to detail is needed, but in terms of imagination, I think you are okay.
This piece is bottom L3/ top L2 due to the very well framed shots coupled with weaker editing and continuity.
Although you've produced a few individually detailed posts, you need to engage with the blog far more than you are doing at the
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