Film Opening-Marking
There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:
• material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects
There's a lot to love in this.
The material is clearly appropriate- a package being exchanged between a dodgy character and some kind of smart-dressed gangster in an urban area would suggest crime thriller.
I liked the unobtrusive titles blending in to the background and you followed the right conventions here.
The diegetic police siren and car at the start worked nicely with the switch to non-diegetic. I'd have liked the difference between volumes before and after the door opened to be even more different but it was a really interesting idea. The style and music very much gave it the feel of a cheeky cockney gangster film which almost lets you get away with the fact that he turns the music on as he gets out of the car!
I loved the way you edited together the character walking away from camera but maintained the same size. Really clever use of camera. I didn't really understand the slo-mo shot of the subway wall at about 1 minute. It seemed to waste time and add very little when I actually wanted to see more. I'd have liked more shots of his environment (maybe some shots of people or buildings) and maybe a little more of the fast/slo-mo. The subway with litter, graffiti and urban environments were effective use of mise en scene.
As I mentioned previously the camera control was excellent and inventive- allowing us understand genre and narrative whilst bringing us into the diegesis. The only other problems were pace and variety. It was all too quick. I wanted the opportunity to take in more of it and although I liked the character walking, could you have thrown a few more things in? I really enjoyed it.
I would like to get some other opinions but provisionally: 55/60
• material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects
There's a lot to love in this.
The material is clearly appropriate- a package being exchanged between a dodgy character and some kind of smart-dressed gangster in an urban area would suggest crime thriller.
I liked the unobtrusive titles blending in to the background and you followed the right conventions here.
The diegetic police siren and car at the start worked nicely with the switch to non-diegetic. I'd have liked the difference between volumes before and after the door opened to be even more different but it was a really interesting idea. The style and music very much gave it the feel of a cheeky cockney gangster film which almost lets you get away with the fact that he turns the music on as he gets out of the car!
I loved the way you edited together the character walking away from camera but maintained the same size. Really clever use of camera. I didn't really understand the slo-mo shot of the subway wall at about 1 minute. It seemed to waste time and add very little when I actually wanted to see more. I'd have liked more shots of his environment (maybe some shots of people or buildings) and maybe a little more of the fast/slo-mo. The subway with litter, graffiti and urban environments were effective use of mise en scene.
As I mentioned previously the camera control was excellent and inventive- allowing us understand genre and narrative whilst bringing us into the diegesis. The only other problems were pace and variety. It was all too quick. I wanted the opportunity to take in more of it and although I liked the character walking, could you have thrown a few more things in? I really enjoyed it.
I would like to get some other opinions but provisionally: 55/60
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