Preliminary evaluation

1. By Jack Stockman

2.  Personally I feel like the setting of the film itself could have been improved, the
in-school setting and uniform we used was quite obvious at times and I feel that it
would have been more effective if we had used an out of school setting. For
example walking down the corridor you could clearly see art projects on the wall,
and at times school ties etc were visible. However I think the Mac room we used
was quite effective in getting across the idea of being interrogated, and the props
we used were very well used, such as the knife and police badge/jacket.
The audience feedback was mainly
the same as my comments, that
we could’ve hidden the uniform
better in places, but we were
generally consistent.

3.  The soundtrack we used we created by us, which I thought was quite fitting to
the crime-thriller we were going for, and the actual quality of the soundtrack was
good. However I believe that we could’ve utilised fades in and out in order to
transition between two levels of sound.We simply used a very abrupt change
between the two volumes which in hindsight really didn’t sound great.The
dialogue was of a sound quality throughout, and I think the acting was convincing
for the most part. However at times I think the acting and the delivery of lines
was a tad rigid.
In terms of audience
feedback, the theme was
similar to what I’ve said, the
key point being the abrupt
change in volume actually
being quite disorientating.

4.  I think the strong point of our film was the camerawork, we generally had a very
good standard of camerawork with consistency throughout apart from a few
continuity errors involving clothing.We used a variety of camera angles,
distances and cuts in order to obtain the feel we were going for. For example we
used a high angle shot when Zach was killed, to show myself having the intention
of stealing his jacket. We probably could’ve used a few more filler shots, which
would’ve broken up the plot a bit more and kept the level of action slightly lower,
however I think we did a sufficient job.
The audience feedback about
camerawork was very positive,
we didn’t receive any negative
comments, only positive.Which
is something to look positively on
for out final production.

5.  We aimed to minimalise the amount of editing we were required to do by getting
as many camera shots as we could and then the most part of the editing would
be simply piecing together the film and making the shots flow together properly.
None of the cuts were of a bad quality I believe; I think it flowed very well and
told the story we were aiming to tell.
 The audience feedback told a similar story that we got across the genre quite
well and managed to project a feeling of crime into the film.This is what we tried
to do and I’, pleased to have been successful in this.

6.  We made a very conscious effort to keep consistent with the
180 degree rule and make sure to keep to it at all times
during dialogue and all other scenes, and having watched
the film back I believe we managed to do this to a good
standard, and kept the camera on the same side at all times.

7.  We were all probably too proud of how well the match on
action fitted into our production, and would you believe, one
take for both! We received a good amount of praise for this
shot of Zach throwing paper in the bin as we thought that it
fit the idea of frustration in the character very well.

8.  Personally I was relatively happy with my role
as primary editor and minor actor, however I
would like to keep the amount of acting I do
in the future as low as possible. I sometimes
feel very uncomfortable in front of camera
and will try to avoid this in the future,
perhaps taking on a solely backstage role.