The document provides an evaluation of the quality of various aspects of a student video project. It notes both strengths and areas for improvement. For shot quality, it acknowledges steady shots but identifies uneven panning. Framing could have better shown characters' emotions. Mise-en-scene was not focused on and did not effectively set the scene. Editing was generally smooth except for one abrupt cut. Actors showed nervousness that detracted from emotion. Planning met deadlines but editing finished close to the deadline. The group worked well together with individual strengths, but leadership could ensure all aspects are completed on time.

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 I managed to have steady Become more confident when
steady shot by using a tripod. trying to do a tracking shot,
However when keep on practicing.
panning/tracking it wasn’t
smooth more stop and start
which made it look amateur
and showed that I wasn’t
confident with moving the
camera on the tripod.
Quality of the framing shots I could have framed shots Retake the shots and tell the
better. For example when actors and actresses where
the character Genie is they are allowed to move in
looking at the will only half of that shot. Next time we
her head is showing so the should use books or
audience doesn’t get her something straight so that the
emotions or reaction fully. camera isn’t slanted.
Also the camera is slightly
slanted which is because we
balanced the tripod on an
unstable chair.
Quality of selecting mise-en- We didn’t really focus on the Focus more on mise-en-
scène including colour, figure, mise-en-scene and we only scene; see what colors
lighting, objects and setting; used the location because it represent what the location
was free at the time tells the audience about the
however you can tell that character. For example with
they are both college Lighting we could have made
students because of the more dimmer because it was
location of an ICT suite. I a sad moment when she was
think that it would have been told her mum tied and then
better if we did it in a school made it brighter when Jordan
playground or common tried to lighten the mood. This
room to show their age would have reflected the
group. mood of the characters.
Quality of editing so that Most editing is smooth, Next time I have to make
meaning is apparent to the especially the passing of the sure to film before and after
viewer will from different angles. the action all of the time to
We managed to achieve this make sure I have more film to
by doing the different angles edit this would make it more
then longer then we need to flowing.
so we had enough film to

2. cut. One editing that didn’t
go well was when the door
was closing it cut to quick
and it didn’t look natural.
The reason this is because
we didn’t have enough film
to make it longer.
Quality of using sound with The reason we did shoot in During our real film task we
images and editing a classroom was to make would most likely use sound
appropriately for the task set; sure that we didn’t have any track instead of just using the
background sound that sound around. Choosing the
would change with the right track will create moods
different cuts which is a and different feelings in the
problem we had on another audience for whatever genre
short film I made. we pick. For example for a
horror we would pick creepy
slow moving music.
Quality of positioning and Even though the task was Next time we have to make
movements of actors filmed with many different sure that the actors are not
takes we tried to keep the nervous and that it doesn’t
position of the table and show on the camera or we
chair the same so it didn’t just choose them on the basis
look like it. I think that this of how good of an
was achieved well. I don’t actor/actress they are instead
think the actors moved of using members of the
enough to show the emotion group.
of the subject. Jordan kept
fighting with his hands,
which showed that he was
nervous.
Quality of group planning, As soon as we got the task Make sure everything is
meeting targets, organization we created a script. We finished before the deadline
worked well in the team by meeting more regularly in
everyone contributing ideas; our free periods, which we
everyone had a thought, didn’t do.
which was included. For
example Jordan had thought
up the idea of Genies mum
dying, Anthony thought we
should make it humorous
and Genie also contributed
to the script. I helps with
filming and editing which is
more my strengths then
acting in it. We met the
deadline of the filming
however with editing it we

3. cut it close. We finished it
completely minutes before
the deadline.
Group dynamics i.e. how did I think our group works well Even though we worked well,
your group work together together, everyone has I think someone definitely
there own strengths. I am need to take charge, it keeps
good at filming and editing; changing, to make sure that
Anthony is also good at deadlines are definitely met
filming and thinking up and that people do turn up in
different angles that we the group and finish what
should shoot at. Jordan they need to complete.
strength I think is being well-
organized and meeting
deadlines.