Coursework feedback

Research and Planning - 14

Excellent script, Organisation of actors and cast is excellent, schedules, recce, props and equipment etc. the film is also well planned, but I would have liked to see a detailed pitch. The storyboard is written and I would have liked to see a traditional drawn one though. However overall this is a detailed and confident preparation and planning effort. The research into potential target audiences is much weaker, with a reliance on another student’s research and no application of audience theories to his own film. I would have liked to see secondary research onto his genre as well as a look at demographics etc. However the research into similar products is wide-ranging and proficient. Overall though the blog is a little muddled, with elements clearly added at a later date rather than showing a natural progression throughout the process. 

Main Task – 52

An excellent and confident film opening. The camera work is controlled and there is a variety of shot lengths and framing. Close attention has been paid to creating meaning through editing, notable in the close-up eye cut between the letter shots. The titles are appropriate and used in accordance with institutional conventions, particularly when the logo changes to black and white to match the film. Excellent use of sound, especially when the non-diegetic music switches to be diegetic as she turns down the volume. I would have perhaps like to see another location and a little more attention paid to mise-en-scene to gain top marks, and perhaps one or two more varied shot lengths. On the whole an impressive piece of work.