'The Accident' Evaluation

The Accident was quiet a realistic story, as it shows the everyday life of any adolescent and it relates to many teenagers. The Accident consists of a variety of shots. The editing of the shots was done to a good standard, however it could have been improved by taking shots that compliment each other, for example going from an eye-level midshot to a close-up. This would be beneficial as in this movie the shots contrast each other as we go from an eye-level midshot suddenly into an over the shoulder shot, this seems like a big jump and does not link in to one another.

The editing should be fluent and the different shots should compliment each other, this movie clip does flow reasonably well, unfortunately it has a few problems as some areas change the shot before the previous character has stopped talking.

The shoot was reasonably efficient as we did majority of our shots in the time we were given, though we had to work fifteen minutes overtime as we had two more shots to take. This fifteen minutes was very unefficient as our shoot was disturbed by peers and background noise. We had to retake one shot over eleven times which was not very resourceful. However overall, the shots lived up to our expectations.

If I had a chance to re-shoot and re-create this short movie, I would use shots which compliment one another and keep the clips flowing. During the editing process I would make sure that there is at least an extra second of each clip before linking them to each other so that it does not seem as if the characters were in a rush while shooting. In the future I would make sure the story was cut shorter and less shots are used, as the quality is more of a priority then quantity.

EVALUATION HOME LEARNING set 09/09/10 due 13/09/10

Evaluation Task

Camera work
This task involved re-presenting a short clip from the film, "The good, the bad, and the ugly" using our photography skills. The purpose of this task was to observe, grasp and acheive a wide variety of camera shots and angles. The exercise helped my peers and I to practice taking different types of shots(close-up etc.).

After participating in this exercise, I have learnt that there is a wide range of camers shots and angles in the world of media. I have grasped the idea of the ordinary close-ups and long shots.

If I had to re-present this product, I would definately consider using challenging types of shots and more of a variety, as only simple shots such as close-ups, extreme close-ups, long-shots and extreme long-shots were used. I would also add transitional effects to the slides as well as background music that is appropriate to the theme of the film as this will create more of a dramatic effect to the photos. In the future, I will consider taking more time when it comes to planning as this will speed up the efficiency of the task.

Cropping Exercise
This task involved cropping a photo to make a story for a bold article headline. The purpose of this task was to master the art of cropping. I began by looking at the picture overall as I had to identify two most interesting stories in the photo before I could crop it. I then had to think of a suitable headline and ask myself if that particular picture would make it onto a newspaper or magazine.

I have leant to consider the background aswell as foreground when cropping as the background supports the foreground in terms of telling a story. I have also learnt that you have to consider whether each section is good enough to create a headline for. The target audiences are the are the white people as well as the diverse.

If I had to re-do this task I would most likely leave a larger amount of background behind each photo so that the photo looks reliable and does not look as if it has been manipulated. In the future, I would exaggerate the photo so that it looks bolder and I would make the headlines more drastic to attract the target audience.