Question 7: Looking back at preliminary task, what have you learnt?

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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.

Harry Potter Evaluation

What style or feel of music did you use for the credit sequence and why?

I felt that the most appropriate music to use for the opening would be mysterious, eerie music as this would set the tone for the rest of the film. But not to dark, so we used orchestral music so that it didn't make the tone to happy. I wanted to engage the audience straight away, to do this Nari and I made the music start of quiet and gradually get louder until the credits faded out. We did this to create suspense just before the film started. We also did this as the slow quiet music is parallel to the travelling, through the grey dark sky. When the scene changes to the view of the scenery, we changed the music to music where the tempo goes up and down so that it matches the camera movement of moving down.

Rating: 7

What style or feel of music did you use for the sequence when the Dementors appeared and why? How do you feel the music and feel changed? To what extent do you feel you managed to convey the change in mood?

For the Dementors scene the music changed drastically.When the sky changed to a dark grey colour, we changed the music to a sound where it sounds like someone has a high pitched scream. I thought this was effective as everything was silent other than this sound which makes the tone more creepy and mysterious. When the scene went to Harry and Dudley running under the tunnel, the music changed to a mix between the sound of a train going over them and a sound where it sounds like something is coming and then going towards you. I think this creates suspense for the audience as it makes them nervous because it sounds like danger is coming towards you. The music also matches the lights flickering on and off.

Rating: 8

How pleased are you with the final sequence overall?

Overall I am pleased with the final sequence as I believe the right tone was portrayed through the sound. For the different scenes I think the sound used for them worked well as it got the right mood across and the right effect on the audience. I created dark and mysterious music (which is often associated with Harry Potter) which is what I wanted to do. However I feel I could of added in a bit more, like for the playground scene which I never managed to do.

Rating: 6