Evaluation of Preliminary Task

Our preliminary task, 'Feed the Fish' was filmed in the photography dark room. We were given critique about our sequence when we presented it to the class. One of strengths were the match on action shots. A good example of this is when we saw the girl running up the stairs, another good example is when we see the girl opening the door. We used various came shots, which worked very well. An example is when we see the  full body of the girl running up the stairs and then we have a close up of just her feet running past the camera. Another strength in our preliminary sequence was the parallel editing, this was used when we saw the girl running up the stairs and then the clock. This was effective as it showed the passing of time. The mis en scene used worked well and made it more interesting. The dark red lighting used and the mask worn by the second character helped get across that the second character was evil and there was something not right about the situation.

However, a weakness of our sequence was that there was a lot of dead space which meant we would have to cut the shots more or speed it up. This would make the match on action shots better. We were told we used dissolves quite a few times, but this wasn't necessary unless it was for passing of time. A straight cut should of been used instead. Although we used good camera shots we could of used more high and low angle shots to show power.

Some of our clips were deleted which meant our sequence wasn't fully complete.
From this task I have learnt that continuity is key to the audience's understanding. Overall, I felt our preliminary task was good and that the audience understood our idea. However next time I would add music and apply the feedback given.