Preliminary Task - Film Evaluation Questions

1. Who did you work with and how did you manage the task between you?
I worked with Josh Cat and Maz in this piece, Me and Maz acted mainly while Josh and Cat filmed.

2. How did you plan your short filmed piece? Did you use any other films for your inspiration?
We used about a boy as an inspirational film using a few lines from that, we planned our short film as a breaking up scene in a cafe.

3. What technology did you use to complete the task, and how did you use it?
We used a video camera to film.

4. What factors did you have to take into account when planning, shooting and editing?
make sure the scene is right for a cafe, editing must have relevant music as a backing track.

5. Which film conventions does the piece follow? e.g. music, match on action, 180 degree rule, camera work etc
It follows the 180 degree rule well.

6. Which does it break?
We used copy right music as a soundtrack instead of our own created piece on garage band.

7. How did you consider mise en scene? e.g. lighting, camera work, setting, costume, props etc
We got some props for a cafe scene like mugs tea bisquits, and layed out tables like a cafe scene, we also used a pretend waitor.

8. How did you consider narrative? Is there a sense of a storyline? Can any theorists be applied e.g. Barthes, Todorov, Propp, Levi Strauss
There is the sense of a short story line about a break up.

9. How successful was your filmed piece? Identify what worked well, and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently?
We had a short time slot to film therefore i feel we rushed certain shots. i also believed if we filmed with the camera closer to the people the voices would be heard more clear

10. What have you learnt about producing a short piece of film? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your foundation coursework? Knowing that using a variety of camera shots makes the piece flow a lot more slow. also the 180 degree would be key if were following a conversation