Evaluation Question 7

1. SHOT BY SHOT COMPARISON
PRELIM VS FINAL PRODUCT
JON BLACK

2. SHOT COMPOSITION
The shots here show a similar Close Up shot which I adapted into the
Final Product as I thought the human eye had relevant meaning to the
plot, and to convey human emotion more efficiently than through
dialogue. I made the Final Product eye shot a close up of the eye itself,
as I wanted to maintain the mystery of what the hero looks like under
the mask, the other is a close up of the face to emphasize emotional
state of the character.

3. HOLDING A STEADY
SHOT
The shot on the left is an unsteady shot to visually show desperation
through shaky camera work (Final Product), whereas the shot on the
right (Prelim)is a steady shot to ground the viewer into the drama of the
situation.

4. LIGHTING
In terms of lighting, the products vary as the Prelim used mostly High
Key shots- whereas the Final Product used both low and high key shots
to contrast the positive and negative forces in the film (the protagonist
VS the antagonist).

5. LOCATIONS
The Prelim was shot all in a classroom, there was no consideration on
the relevance of the location- as we only needed a place to film. The
final product, however, has multiple locations, each picked as they are
relevant to the themes and tones of the film (the outdoor sections are
filmed in old streets, and the torture shots were filmed in a community
centre basement).

6. ACTORS
The variation of actors is also a notable change from the prelim to the
final product as the prelim had only two actors, whereas I used three
for the Final Product. The characters are shown as ambiguously in the
Prelim, whereas the final product characters have visible purpose-
however they are still left ambiguous (though there is an Easter egg in
the “Screens” shot where “Firewall” and “The Virus” are named- the
protagonist and antagonist), as it’s also a thriller, so I aimed to make a
mysterious prologue to the film.

7. INTERTITLES
The Titles used within the Final Product are all Black with a bright
green outline- in “Bell MT” font, so they are consistent and hold a
connotational relevance to the genre- as green is often associated with
technology. The Prelim didn’t have any titles.

8. SOUND
Both pieces have Diegetic sound (the dialogue in the Prelim, and items
like the phone and glove in “The Network”), however only the final
product has non-diegetic sound (the electric glove’s presence is
established through the constant sound at the end- implying that it is
inescapable, as it’s heard everywhere).