Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Exchange Evaluation

My responsibility on this project was the cinematography, I controlled the camera and after consulting the group I made the final decisions on shot types and angles, the contributions I made while being in charge of cinematography provided the production with high quality visuals. The establishing shot was criticized for being too long and the shot ended with a bit of a jerk but location was widely liked and reflected the film noir genre as a dark and dingy looking piece of ground. A lot of the shots were unintentionally in soft focus, although it is a characteristic of noir films it made the visual experience slightly uncomfortable for some but the soundtrack was highly praised as it fitted well with the actions on screen.

The editing was quite neat, only the establishing shot let us down all other cuts and transitions were good. The close-ups on the characters were admired and the actors were dressed appropriately in dark colours representing the typical noir characters. There was a wide variety of shots; long shots, close-ups, body shots and two shots and this helped to keep the action interesting while seeing things take place from different points of view. The rule of thirds was not followed in one shot but purposefully so to give a better view of the location and to put the character in a different perspective in relation to the surroundings. Very few things went wrong in this production like the focus and establishing shot but just about everything else went to plan and the only things I would have changed would have been the adjusting of the focus and maybe longer close-us but the overall production was a success. The Exchange was suitably up to date with the stylistics of film noir, followed a clear narrative, met the brief and was suitable for our target audience.

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