Richards evaluation

Our finished video shows that we can hold a shot steady, as we used the tripod. We can also frame a shot properly, for example there was always enough head room. We used a variety of shot types, but we could have used more in some parts if the film. The composition techniques were just copied from the original film, I think that we did this quite well.

Our film shows that we can apply the rules of continuity editing.We had trouble with this in the past, but with some practice we have improved on this alot. Although the continuity is not perfect, for example Jake skips a few steps whilst he is walking up the stairs.

Our film has appropriate costume, make up and props as it was a slasher. So we used dark clothes for the killer, the props were a knife and fake blood. We came to the decision that we should film our 40 seconds at my house as it has a similar layout to the house in the original film. We chose the actors positions based on who we thought would be best at each role.

To help plan out the making of our 40 seconds, I drew the storyboard whilst talking to Jake about ideas. I also took some photos of my house, as did Jake so that we could decide where we should film our 40 seconds. I then wrote a shotlist, and the uploaded the storyboard, photos and shotlist onto our blog. During the filming of our 40 seconds, I positioned the camera and filmed most of our film. I also acted as the murderer in the film. I provided a place to shoot the film, the costume to the boy who was acting as the dead person in the film and the props such as the knife and fake blood. I applied the fake blood to the clothes to achieve the same effect in the original film. During the editing porcess, I helped trim the film down, get rid of parts that we did not need, and I helped put the finished pieces together so that the continuity was correct. I then uploaded the finished video to our blog.

The improvements that could be made are the lighting, as some parts if the film were too dark, and the viewer cannot see what is happening. We could have also improved the script, as our actors did not say exactly the same thing that the actors in the original film did. The continuity could have been made better during the actual filming. We could have done this by filming the same shots from different angles. When it comes to filming our final coursework film, I will plan it better by writing and drawing more onto the storyboard, I will also plan costume and props better and more in advance to filming. I will also try to improve on continuity during filming and editing, and improve on using lighting. I will also try to find better actors to act in this film and a script will be newly written  instead of copied from another film. I will also try to find a better location to shoot the film.