Saturday Night Fever Exam Feedback

T: 4/10 Some terminology used but inaccuracies
Ex: 12/20 Range of examples from at least three areas mostly relevant
EAA: 11/20 Basic understanding of how technical aspects construct representations
                Try and write about representations created rather than narrative. Cover all four areas and revise editing.

Feedback from the Continuity Editing Video

Looking back at our video we decided that overall the video needs to have in-between cuts between the actions made by the characters, for example, when Sophie is walking down the stairs side on, she goes to walking facing forward without any in-between cut. The match on actions made in the video turned out very successful, you can see these match on actions when Hollie is walking out of the door frame and the camera moves on to an over the shoulder shot. You can also see a match on action when Hollie drops the box and the camera cuts to a closer shot of the box falling on to the floor. Another improvement that we could have made was trying not to disobey the 180 degree rule, this happens when Hollie does a roll and the camera is looking down at the two characters and also when the box is kicked to Sophie, whilst editing we had to reverse the frame to make sure that the 180 degree rule worked.

City Of God opening extract

 In the opening of the 'City Of God' extract the director has chosen to use fast paced editing throughout the whole of the opening, especially the beginning when the knife is being sharpened and is slicing through the frame. By doing this it emphasises and reflects the pace of the protagonists life is fast and dangerous and something could happen at any moment of his life and there is violence and nose around him at all times.

Another use of editing the director has chosen is the eyeliner match of the chickens eyes from him looking at the pot to the feathers being plucked to the feathers on the floor and then onto the chickens eyes again. This makes us feel sympathetic towards the chicken as we know exactly how he is feeling, that he is panicking because he knows he's next in the pot.

Furthermore, another edit the director has chosen is the cross-cutting between the two boys walking and the chicken chase. By doing this the audience are aware that the two groups will meet later on in the sequence and this also shows that the antagonist chasing the chicken is after not only the chicken but he's also after the protagonist. This foreshadows the chickens life with the protagonists life as he is surrounded by danger too.

A shot reverse shot is also used at the end of the extract when the protagonist is in the middle of both the police and the group of antagonists chasing the chicken which emphasises his surroundings and shows the audience what he has had to put up with all his life and the two sides he's against or stuck between. he has in choice and he feels separate and wants to escape from a dark future ahead of him.

Horror Movie Poster

This is my horror movie poster which was created using photoshop. to edit this image which was originally in colour, i made it black and white then changed the brightness up and the contrast up to create the dark and bright effect in the eyes and on the face.