This document provides analysis and feedback on previous student work, including three students - James Powell, Louise Nicholas, and Luke Akers.
For James Powell, the summary notes effective use of editing, camera movements, and shots to create drama. Feedback suggests shortening a fight scene and improving camera stability.
For Louise Nicholas, camera movements and lighting were praised, while unfocused shots and overuse of a prop were noted. Edits to subtitles and color grading were advised.
For Luke Akers, varied shots, camera movements, and syncing of clips with music were highlighted. The feedback suggested incorporating more camera angles and movements.
3. James Powell
WWW- James used a sound bridge of a bell to introduce the titles and to cut to the
opening scene. He put a lot of effort into editing as his opening scene was a time-lapse
of the setting for the movie opening. Good camera movements were also used as a
track down was used to fully display a statue, as well as this track down was used to
show character 2 holding a weapon which created a more dramatic effect in
correlation with the non-diegetic voiceover and music. A range of shots were used
including mid shots and long shots, also a zoom in was used to go from a unfocused
shot to a focused one making the scene clear and adding a revealing effect. Finally
they used editing to make scenes appear as an illustration which made the film
opening look more professional.
EBI- The camera movement was more stable during the fight scene and that they
changed the day to film the fight scene due to rain overpowering their voices on the
microphones making the voice quality poor, the duration of the fight could have been
reduced as well so he focus more on cleaner camera movement and shots.
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5. Louise Nicholas
WWW- Louise showed a good use of camera movement using a side track,
track up and track down. She also used a fade in editing so the subtitles for
her opening would fit into the scenery of the scene playing. She also showed
creativity by using a reflection of a mirror to display her actions and used to
subtitles to give history to her narrative. Louise also used lighting to add an
effect of mystery to the tunnel section of the scenery.
EBI- The camera movement was bad and left shots out of focus. She also
repeated the use of the clock and after a while the item had little significance.
The subtitles could have been cleaner and lasted a longer duration, as well as
this she could have focused more on editing to darken the colour slightly to
make the opening more mysterious and also she could have refined a few clip
transitions.
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7. Luke Akers
WWW- Luke showed great skill in his camera shots and movements. A good
amount of mid shots were used as well as long shots. An over the shoulder
shot was also used in correlation with a track forward movement to give the
feeling of walking with character 1. A two shot is also used to display a
relationship between the victim and attacker, this is combined with a long
shot, displaying the characters and environment. A low angle is also used
when the third character is displayed, showing him to be further within the
hierarchy. Luke's editing is very good as well as all the clips sync well along
with the non-diegetic music.
EBI- More camera movements could have been used, as well as more angle
use to display power across each character.
