evaluation task 2

7/21/2019 Evaluation Task 2

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MODULE EVALUATION PROFORMA

YOUR EVALUATION MUST BE 1000 WORDS IN LENGTH –THE POINTS

BELOW ARE THERE TO HELP GUIDE YOU - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ANINDIVIDUAL PIECE OF WORK.

1. CRITICALLY REFLECT ON YOUR FINISHED FILM AND IT'S STRENGTHS

AND WEAKNESSES – FOCUS ON ANALYSING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

WHAT YOU INTENDED TO DO AND WHAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY

ACHIEVED. (APPROX 200 WORDS)

For our five minuet drama we decided to a serious, emotional and moving film.

We moved away from the dark comedy we originally started with in our twominuet short film. However, it needed to include emotional insecurity as that

was the main theme of our short film and was required to be present in the

longer project. I think our long drama project was very successful and was very

close to what we originally set out to achieve. When our group first sat down to

discuss ideas and possible stories found it difficult to think of a non-clichéd

narrative based around insecurity. Working together as a group we came up with

the idea of having two central characters and two separate time periods. One-

time period would be set at the two’s first date together and the other wouldbe set in the future to when the two character’s relationship falls apart. The

film would be a serious drama about companionship, relationship insecurities and

the tragedy of making a simple mistake. The film would jump cut between these

two time periods crating a juxtaposition between the two times. Our

inspirations came from other films sources like ‘Blue Valentine’ and ’21 Grams’

because they use similar time jumping techniques. The film had many strengths.

One of its strengths was how well it conveyed different emotional situations

through the acting, editing and combinations of sound design and music. All

these elements came together to create a story that felt tragic and

melancholic. Another strength that from some moments in the film, were the

shot compositions and lighting. Most notably the scenes in the apartments

where the breakup took place. These scenes where carefully planned out and lit

accordingly.

On the other hand, if we were to be given and extra week on this assignment

there are a number of things that would have been improved. Firstly, more timewould have definitely been given to editing and sound editing especially. The



group was editing down to the last minuet and therefore the final cut was not

one hundred percent perfect. There are some shots where the ADR (Audio

Dialogue Replacement) did not match the lip sync perfectly. However, this was a

small mishap in an otherwise really strong effort by everyone involved. With

respect to the film its self, if we had more time we might have created more

scene with the two lead characters and establish the theme of insecurity

further in the relationship. For example, we could have shot some small scenes

of the two leads arguing more. Or had a dinner party scene where the two lead

characters are getting annoyed with each other. These are just some small

ideas and changes that could have been achieved if we had organised and

scheduled the film more efficiently.

I was cinematographer for the film and overall I am very happy with the final

outcome of the shots and the lighting in the scenes. But if I could do it again I

would have booked out a camera stabiliser for the outdoor scenes as they where

too shaky in my opinion. This is the only thing I would improve regarding my roll

as cinematographer. Overall, I am extremely happy with the final film and think

it is one of our best pieces of work yet.

2. REVIEW THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE WORK AND WHAT YOU HAVE

LEARNT FROM IT. (APPROX 200 WORDS)

I was cinematographer for the group. It was my job to frame the scenes how

the director wanted. I was also in charge of lighting and booking all the cameraequipment out. Tom Bates (the director) new exactly what he wanted the film to

look like and how he wanted it to be shot. We shot the film on a Cannon 70D

SLR camera. It was the director’s decision to do so because it gave us access to

a number of different camera lenses. This meant we could achieve the shots we

wanted too. The only problem it created was having to carry all the equipment

everywhere became difficult. But everyone in the group helped out.

The process leading up shooting the film (pre production and planning) was the

area that the group found most challenging and stressful, but I feel like I



learnt a great deal from the experience. The idea and script for our drama was

quickly and efficiently completed, however, when it came to scheduling and

looking for an actor, actress and locations we found it challenging and had to

overcome a few problems. One actress had to pull out, another’s schedule didn’t

work with our own and a café that we had booked to do filming in the previous

week suddenly pulled out and the very last moment which created a massive

problem.

Overall, this project has been a learning curve in all aspects of filmmaking. In

the pre production side I have learnt that scheduling and planning are vital to a

films success. It is critically important to have location and actor agreements

signed. This prevents some of the problems we had. In terms of the productions

I learnt that it is important to take every piece of equipment you might need.

Even if you don’t use it, it is useful to have just as a precaution.

3. DISCUSS YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION TO MAKING THE WORK,

YOUR APPROACH TO GROUP WORK AND ANY PROBLEMS OR CHALLENGES

YOU ENCOUNTERED WORKING AS PART OF A TEAM. USE IMAGES,

ANNOTATED SCREENGRABS ETC TO ILLUSTRATE IF APPROPRIATE.

(APPROX 200 WORDS)

As previously stated I was the cinematographer for this project. Therefore, I

focused on the lighting and composition of each shot. However, we all helped

each other out. For example, our sound recorder/editor Alex Saunders played a

small but significant character in the café scene. Therefore, I took

responsibility of the sync sound recording for those particular shots and dialog.

Most of the time every group member was present for group meetings and

discussions. If they were not present it was for a good reason. We allcontributed as much as possible in the pre-production period. I helped our

producer, Bre Edwards, with locations by visiting various cafés and bars. In the

end she managed to arrange a 3-hour time slot to shoot our café scene in the

‘Golden Harvest café’ in the centre of Sheffield. Alex Saunders also helped by

finding the flat locations through some contacts she had.

Because of the shortage of time we planed and scheduled the entire shoot to be

on one whole day across three locations. This was a challenge, but we organised



everything, created equipment and shot lists and had everyone in the group

present and helping out.

4. WITH REFERENCE TO TWO TEXTS GIVEN IN SESSIONS OR ON THE

READING LIST AND ONE SHORT DRAMA; REVIEW YOUR APPROACH TOMAKING THE WORK AND EXPLORE HOW THESE HAVE INFORMED YOUR

CREATIVE APPROACH (APPROX 400 WORDS)

When approaching this task, we knew that we would be creating a non linear

structure in the edit. Time jumps backwards and forwards throughout the film.

We were inspired by a number of short films and feature films when

brainstorming our ideas. A number of our group, including me, were takinganother module called Narrative and Time. In this module we watched a number

of films that heavily inspired my group and me. This included ’21 Grams,’ and

‘The Shining,’ another film which we didn’t watch in the module but was very

influential in our initial conception of the drama was ‘Blue Valentine.’

The fist two films use editing techniques to confuse the audience and alter

their perspective on time. This was an important feature in our film, but we

were not making a thriller or a horror movie. We were making a romantic drama.Therefore ‘Blue Valentine’ gave us greater inspiration and insight. It is a film

about a contemporary relationship spanning across several years by cross

cutting between time periods. ‘Time and the experience of it are inseparable

from emotion’’ (Paul Cobley, 2001) This quote from Cobley was very important in

understanding this film and the themes we wanted to achieve in our own

production. Each scene needed to be emotionally structured, keeping the

audience interested, while building up to a poignant conclusion.



Bibliography and filmography:

Cobley, Paul (2001) Narrative 2nd edition. Routledge.

21 Grams (2003) Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu

The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick

Blue Valentine (2010) Derek Cianfrance

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