Past Student's Work

I used the mark scheme and made notes for each production then picked two to analyse in further detail. In the two that I will be analysing I have pointed out both good and bad points.

Drained

Something which I thought was successful in the production was the fade from the clock in the house to the washing machine. This is because it is a very creative way to establish a different location without having a quick cut but rather to have a smoother feel with the fade and while doing so establishes a change in time.

Another thing i thought was quite successful was the the fact that they went out of their way to find a location which really helped to show what the narrative was all about. This meant that the audience would fully understand what or at least where the opening was taking place. 

 One thing I thought didn't work very well was the establishing shot primarily down to the fact that the camera was shaking and thus took away from the actual focus of the shot grabbing the audiences attention towards the actual place.

Another thing which I thought worked very well was a match on action which was put together with a lot of discipline in terms of how precise the cut was between the two actual shots this helped the continuity between shots which allowed the scene to flow easier it gives a visual bridge between the two shots and makes sure that it looks like a single action is being done rather than two separate actions.

Fast life

One thing I thought was done well in this production was the choice of character, all of which were clearly portrayed as being in the mid teens. This goes back to the brief where it says it should appeal to a 16-24 year old audience. 

A thing that I thought wasn't done well was that a few pointless shots were used in the beginning which went on for quite long with no real action or relation to the actual narrative. This just meant that where an extended part of the opening could have gone was wasted. 

 Another thing that didn't work well was the preciseness of the edits of the shots because in this shot it started off shaking then became steady but while it was shaking nothing was happening in the shot, they could have cut down the shot even more to make sure the shot started steady.

An improvement that could have been made was the length of time that the credits stayed on the screen, because it was too quick for an audience to read before it was removed from the screen. 




Also this shot dragged on for around 10 seconds which made the beginning less interesting and thus not keeping the audiences attention.