Preliminary Sequence Evaluation

My preliminary sequence "Feed the fish" altogether went unwell, there was a lot of room for improvement but also some few points were achieved. The bad points were taken into consideration and excluded from our final production as we will be aware more of what to do and what not to do. We will plan in our pre-production how to get around these problems as if they were potential problems we could face.

Starting with what went bad from the feedback we received was firstly the framing. We have filmed with rather bad camera with wrong lens and what we received was a very out of shape framing which straight away brought our marks down. This was very disappointing, as the quality of the filming was great itself but it all went down with the framing. Next of all the amount of footage filmed was too low which then in consequences led to a low frequency of cuts. This taken all the tension and rather all emotions, creating a dull and grey image of the film. Leading on from that, in two shots the background noise was to loud and perhaps not in place, for example in one scene there is a washing machine in the background making a lot of noise which was very unprofessional.  returning to camera the camera was shaky as no tripod was used which also made the film look unprofessional along with the braking of 180 degree rule and use of jump cuts.

Leading onto the good points,we had a very good use of costumes which straight away suggested the character of the person. A man wearing a suit and a 60's hat, would fit to the convention of a gangster or mafia boss.This made our film well thought about and limit the unprofessionalism. The mise-en-scene also helped us to save the film at least a bit. Other then that the film had bad points, which could be a positive thing, as we experienced what should not be done in a film.

If i had the chance to re-do the film i would definitely plan it out carefully and think about every detail. I would check the setting before using it and obey the 180 degree rule along with eliminate jump cuts. I would film more shots and other i would film again to get a better framing. I am happy that i could experience this now and not during my final project. Even though the preliminary sequence was rather bad, it taught me a good lesson and many lessons were taught through this practise.