Evaluation of first cut

Evaluation of First Cut

One of the things we found to be good about our first cut was the music. We think

it added to the emotional state of the storyline, telling the audience a little about

the protagonist and her emotions at the time. We also liked how we tried to show

the music as playing on the characters iPod. However, the transition between the clear sound of the music to the windy, less

clear sound of the footage was not as professional looking as we intended,

resulting in us looking at how we could improve on this or use a different

technique altogether.

For our final production we decided to apply the same style of music, but did not use the technique used in our first cut, as the storyline chosen did not involve an

iPod.

Music

Our audience feedback proved to be the biggest problem with our production as the audience found cuts between shots

looked unprofessional and careless, resulting in an overall amateur look,

which could have been overcome with less shots and angles. Many said that they felt if we executed this smoothly then our

video would flow much better.

In our final production we applied these methods and found the video to flow more smoothly resulting in a more professional look. It also kept the

audiences attention on the dialogue. We ended up using less shots, but the shots

we did use ran into each other more effectively.

Cuts not flowing/too many cuts

From our audience feedback, we realised that the characters lacked emotion and therefore the

audience could not sympathise towards them; this meant they were not drawn into the storyline and

therefore may not feel the urge to continue watching.

In our final production we tried to overcome this by having a basic script with little rehearsal time (inspired by ‘Fish tanks’ technique.) this

meant that the actors had to improvise, which led in them releasing more emotion.

Not enough emotion

Comparisons(Mis en scene)

CostumeThe costume for the protagonist remains similar across both

productions as we feel it suited the working

class theme. The plain colours mean the focus is on the dialogue rather

than the characters themselves.

Location

The location remains the same as we felt the

council estate suited the social realism genre.

PropsIn our final production, we didn't

use many of the props from the first cut, and replaced them with

various others like clothing items and the photo album. We found

these had more significant meanings and were enigmas

within themselves.

CharactersFrom our first cut we carried on

the protagonist role but disposed of the secondary role of the

friend, replacing her with the mother. We found this created more emotion, which from our

audience feedback was what our first cut was lacking.