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Prelim task feedback - Oct 2015
The prelim task has offered you the opportunity to have a first chance at producing film and you manage this with some success. There are some well constructed edits and ideas here- I particularly like the shots of the patient who, at the end of the film, springs her eyes open. These are well considered and aesthetically pleasing, and this is a style you should look to offer to the rest of your shots; using the LRC as a hospital doesn't work. Remember to consider mise-en-scene in your practical, and try to ensure shots are only as long as they need to be; sometimes, short choppy edits can be more effective than longer ones.
D grade
Target: Make better use of Mise en scene; vary your shot types in editing for a wider range of effect. You also need better camera control over your tracking shot - use a dolly or steadicam to achieve this.
September Blog feedback:
Jess your blog needs some tidying and attention- there shouldn't be tabs for Genre theory, lesson work or any of the others at the side. You need just the following:
- Final Coursework and evaluation
- Coursework planning and practical
- Exam and theory
- Teacher feedback
Please make sure you tidy this up so it is easy for the examiner and teaching staff to access your work.
October Blog feedback:
You are including some good blog entries, but these need illustrating with accompanying screen shots to demonstrate your understanding too Jess. I need you to catch up on the work you missed from joining a little late- posts on camera shots, edits etc, using images as examples to show your understand what is being taught.
November Blog feedback:
some good video exmaples Jess- I am pleased you are using your own work to demomnstrate techniques, like the bokeh video you have posted. You need to ensure though that you are doing the same for the techniques we discuss in class- too frequently you only have the exmaples I have provided you with instead of going away and searching for you own. You need to demonstrate your interest in the subject by showing you recognise these techniques in films you have seen, not just in the classroom.
Coursework portfolio feedback - Feb 2016:
Jess you have some good posts here- the storyboarding and shooting schedules are both well considered- but you need to ensure you also include posts about your decision making. There are, at present just not enough examples of all of the processes you endured to come to the final project. I want to read about your choices in sound, lighting, mise en scene, why you constructed the shots the way you did, how you managed the shoots, what you based your ideas on, the codes and conventions of a thriller- there is simply too little at present.
Coursework film:
This is a beautifully shot piece with some lovely use of focus pulls- at times almost too many- that add a deliberately crafted feel and style to the tone of the piece. I also enjoyed the parrallels that are drawn between the antagonist and protagonist, with close ups and extreme close ups of each used effectively to convey narrative and emotion throughout. There is a clear aspect of narrative story telling involved which is good, but in terms of how this might compare to a professional piece I would question the use of credits; they do not feel authentic, or even particularly original, and I feel this is a shame and certainly an area that could be improved upon. Sound is used to some effect, with a good mixture of diegetic and non digetic blended mostly effectively, and the movement between musical scores to add tension, while not perfect in blend, is mostly succesful.
Current working grade: B
Prelim task feedback - Oct 2015
The prelim task has offered you the opportunity to have a first chance at producing film and you manage this with some success. There are some well constructed edits and ideas here- I particularly like the shots of the patient who, at the end of the film, springs her eyes open. These are well considered and aesthetically pleasing, and this is a style you should look to offer to the rest of your shots; using the LRC as a hospital doesn't work. Remember to consider mise-en-scene in your practical, and try to ensure shots are only as long as they need to be; sometimes, short choppy edits can be more effective than longer ones.
D grade
Target: Make better use of Mise en scene; vary your shot types in editing for a wider range of effect. You also need better camera control over your tracking shot - use a dolly or steadicam to achieve this.
September Blog feedback:
Jess your blog needs some tidying and attention- there shouldn't be tabs for Genre theory, lesson work or any of the others at the side. You need just the following:
- Final Coursework and evaluation
- Coursework planning and practical
- Exam and theory
- Teacher feedback
Please make sure you tidy this up so it is easy for the examiner and teaching staff to access your work.
October Blog feedback:
You are including some good blog entries, but these need illustrating with accompanying screen shots to demonstrate your understanding too Jess. I need you to catch up on the work you missed from joining a little late- posts on camera shots, edits etc, using images as examples to show your understand what is being taught.
November Blog feedback:
some good video exmaples Jess- I am pleased you are using your own work to demomnstrate techniques, like the bokeh video you have posted. You need to ensure though that you are doing the same for the techniques we discuss in class- too frequently you only have the exmaples I have provided you with instead of going away and searching for you own. You need to demonstrate your interest in the subject by showing you recognise these techniques in films you have seen, not just in the classroom.
Coursework portfolio feedback - Feb 2016:
Jess you have some good posts here- the storyboarding and shooting schedules are both well considered- but you need to ensure you also include posts about your decision making. There are, at present just not enough examples of all of the processes you endured to come to the final project. I want to read about your choices in sound, lighting, mise en scene, why you constructed the shots the way you did, how you managed the shoots, what you based your ideas on, the codes and conventions of a thriller- there is simply too little at present.
Coursework film:
This is a beautifully shot piece with some lovely use of focus pulls- at times almost too many- that add a deliberately crafted feel and style to the tone of the piece. I also enjoyed the parrallels that are drawn between the antagonist and protagonist, with close ups and extreme close ups of each used effectively to convey narrative and emotion throughout. There is a clear aspect of narrative story telling involved which is good, but in terms of how this might compare to a professional piece I would question the use of credits; they do not feel authentic, or even particularly original, and I feel this is a shame and certainly an area that could be improved upon. Sound is used to some effect, with a good mixture of diegetic and non digetic blended mostly effectively, and the movement between musical scores to add tension, while not perfect in blend, is mostly succesful.
Current working grade: B