Preliminary Task Evaluation Report
- 1. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION SHEET Quality of Summary My honest evaluation- what Strategies put forward to was done well and what was make sure a high quality is not of good standard? Try to maintained. cite specific example and moments from your video Quality of holding a shot Between 0:41 and 0:50 We could use a tripod to put steady seconds the camera is not the camera in when filming steady, however when the still frames, as this would police officer walks in the hold the camera steady and door and sits down the increase the quality of the camera is more steady as it shots. was resting on a surface. Quality of the framing shots Framing shot of suspect Again, for improving the between 0:36 and 0:41 framing shots a tripod would seconds is not of a good be useful as we could standard as he is too much position it in exactly the right on the left side of the place in order to get a good screen, meaning one of his framing shot, with the actors arms is cut out of the frame in the centre of the frame. and he is not centered. The framing shot of the police officer after this is also not centered. At the beginning when the officer walks in the camera is too low and the officer’s head is cut out of the frame slightly. Quality of shooting material Overall, the quality of our When improving our reverse appropriate to the task set- shooting material was good, shots if we had cut the clips i.e. the content of your film we had the right content and more closely we could have pre and post editing was it was consistent with the had less space between the consistent with the exam exam directives, however reverse shots so that they’d directives some of our shots were not be less delayed, however I steady or didn’t frame the think we did this quite well actors properly. We included even though it could still be reverse shots, between 0:27 improved. and 0:58 seconds, as well as including someone walking through the door and across the room, we also stuck to the 180 degree wall rule. Quality of selecting mise-en- Our mise-en-scene was well When more time is allowed scène including colour, figure, thought out, the suspect was for our film we can ensure lighting, objects and setting; wearing typical clothes that our mise-en-scene is expected of a suspect and improved, we will have the officer also had costumes that are more appropriate clothing. All the appropriate, props, lighting props were included, the and setting that will suit our
- 2. exhibit bag with the sweet film idea well and increase in, and the wanted poster the effect. Although, I think were both prepared our mise-en-scene was quite beforehand. The lighting good yet of course could be was natural and so this fitted improved further to make the in well with the situation, as film more authentic to an the interview would have audience. been done in the day. Our setting was also appropriate as it resembled an office or interview room, only there were a lot of objects in there that we didn’t want included in our frames so had to move or hide behind a screen. Quality of editing so that Our editing was quite well Our editing could have been meaning is apparent to the done, we managed to cut taken a lot further if more viewer the clips so that there was time was allowed, we could less time between the have made the film smoother reverse shots, and we also and flow better, with more overlapped two shots so that overlapping shots and fading they flowed better. This from the title at the beginning improves continuity and into the film etc. However, I makes it easier for the do think we did quite a good viewer to understand the job overall on the editing, content. within the time limit. Quality of using sound with The quality of sound was The quality of sound could images and editing mostly good, it was slightly reach a higher standard if appropriately for the task set; static at times and not speech was clearer and completely clear, however it louder, and to make sure no worked well with the images sound of movement behind and editing and was the camera or static sound is appropriate. The dialogue included in the shots. could have been clearer at times, for example between 0:51 and 0:55 seconds the speech is quite fast and therefore not as clear as it could be, but overall the sound is fine and clear. Quality of positioning and Our positioning was good Our actors could have made movements of actors mostly, he actors were their movements smoother positioned well apart from and look less rehearsed but the angle of the camera more natural. The positioning meaning that sometimes can be improved by this as they were not centered or well but also by the angle of fully framed in the shot. The the camera which will movement of actors was enhance the appearance of also quite good; it was the shots and how the
- 3. mostly clear and helped a characters appear in them. viewer to gather an idea of what was going on in the clip. However sometimes the movement could have been smoother, for example when the actors move the exhibit bag across the table between 0:32 and 0:36 seconds, their movements are not very smooth. Quality of group planning, As a group we worked well To improve this, we could meeting targets, organization together and were have allocated specific roles, organised, we planned well so as to make sure all the meaning we knew what to jobs got done on time. This do when it came to filming would save time and mean and editing. We completed planning would be done the task together and met properly. the deadlines. Group dynamics i.e. how did Our group worked on most I think allocating group roles your group work together tasks together, we all will improve our group contributed to the script and dynamics, however our group editing, but two of us acted worked very well together and two filmed. Everyone in and didn’t have any problems the group contributed with communication or equally, and well with each planning. other. Other points of evaluation The main equipment To improve these problems (e.g. equipment related etc) problem was that the we could use a tripod in some camera movement was jerky shots where the camera does at times due to having no not need to move, for tripod or much stability for it. example a medium close up This also led to the actors of an actor. We could also not being within the frames ensure that our setting properly. The setting also contains nothing that we needs to be improved, as wouldn’t want in the shots, or the amount of unwanted at least that there was an objects in the room made it easy way of not including hard for us to not catch them them in a shot. within the shots.