Evaluation of Preliminary Task

In order to create our project we created all materials needed for planning this preliminary task. These included factors such as creating a detailed storyboard (including camera movement, dialogue and length of shots), Creating a shot-list which allowed us to before hand know what shots we had to complete and which shots we still had to film and a script which allowed us to rule out the dialogue and movement of each character. All of these were effective in clarifying our intentions for this production.

In our production the strengths outweighed the weaknesses. Some of the strengths that our production included are great match-on-action shots. These showed the movement of a character, such as when our character was walking and opening the door, from more than 1 angle. This effect shows continuity in the clip which emphasizes dramatic or emotional logic between shots. Also we used a range of shot types. These include close ups on key objects such as the balcony door and the cigarette box. We also used mid-shots which showed us the main characters facial expressions as well as their body language. This helps the audience distinguish how the character is feeling and what they might do about it. In this trailer, the main character spends most the time looking down to the ground. This implies to the audience that there is a misconception in this story which they want to find out about.

The non-diegetic sound was a strength for us as it was parallel to the storyline. It wasn't very fast paced and aligned perfectly with the narrative. The diegetic sound was a weakness for us as we didn't include dialogue.

The weaknesses in our production included no dialogue being used. This resulted in our production not meeting the brief which was a shame. Our intention was for there to be  no diegetic sounds but only non-diegetic sounds such as music. This was in attempt to create tension and suspense in the audience. I believe that our production looked much more better without dialogue as our trailer was meant to be of the thriller genre. Keeping this in mind, I believe in the future we should stick to meeting the brief and make a plan that will tick all the boxes for the brief.

The narrative of our project was an male character who was clearly disturbed by something walks from his bathroom to his garden. In the garden that he stands in, he lights a cigarette and stares gracefully into the distance. Soon after his phone rings but we as the audience cannot hear this. He pulls out his phone and answers straight away. As the audience we straight away acknowledge that someone has called him. He says one line of dialogue to the caller then gets disconnected. This leaves the audience highly curious of what and who he has spoken to. As he puts his phone back into his pocket he put his head down into his hands. The effect of this is to suggest to the audience that he is in misery or pain. The cigarette further reinforces this as cigarettes usually connote stress and pain.