Wednesday 12 December 2012

Evaluation of 'Feed the Fish'

What went well in our pleminary sequence was the different types of shots and varied angles that we used. An example of this is when I was filmed from the top of a bench using a high angle shot. This was to make me look powerful although it was argued to be better if the shot was taken from the bottom as a low angle shot. We used this high angle shot on me because we thought it would be an interesting way to show that my character was powerful. It was different to the usual low angle shot and created an unusual effect and made the shot interesting.
The lighting on my face was appropriate to the action in the sequence, no bright light or a dark shadow was present, as I was a mysterious character. Another good aspect of our pleminary sequence was the over the shoulder shot. This shot established the power relations between me and the person opposite. Also what I thought that went well was when we shot the person walking up the stairs. It fitted quite well together and the camera movement was good. Altough I thought this was good I also think that the dissolve should not have been included as it ruined the whole effect of the shots put together.
I think that we should have taken more care with the shot where the person walks in to the room and then the shot filmed from the other side. Here you can clearly see that the door does not play well in the shot. Where we are filming him walking into the room, the door there has nearly shut. Then when we jump to the other side you can see that the angle that the door is at is much bigger. This happened due to the shortage lack of taking care with every little detail.
Next time I think we should think about the place that we filmed the sequence in. The echo didn't turn out to be good and it didn't go well once it was all edited. 
Lastly, I think that we should have used music in this sequence. This would have a special effect on the audience as it would draw them into watching the sequence and not make them think about the editing.
Overall I would have changed a couple of things in this sequence but I do think that the idea behind it was good and that the varied types of shots we experimented with made it interesting to watch.