Past Student Work

What we have seen is a set of student's media work, in which there were 5 examples which were present, a couple which were interesting, and one or two which were just poor in which each flaw made it a huge issue.

Hidden:
is a student film in which had more issues than expected. The music choice was good, helped out with making it a thriller-esque film, and unfortunately, that was it. The transition within the film is very awkward, and the timing in which is filmed in is not very good, it was way too dark, some of the characters are not visible. The movie cuts involved were pretty average, some good cuts were involved, whereas others were very choppy, there was a sense of forms of continuity errors, which made the intro pretty odd. The acting ranged from mediocre, all the way to poor, there was a bit too much dialogue, and the execution was not good, it made it feel awkward. The zooming shots involved within the movie did not even help at all, it actually made things a bit more worse. The setting wasn't even that good, an average street in Dagenham, it made things feel much more generic. Out of 5, I would give it a 2.          

Power Cut:


The premise of the film is strong and unique, the opening for the the intro was very strong, intriguing, however, over the course of several seconds later, it becomes very repetitive and would eventually become very stale. The music in which has been used, gives it a very strong approach to the film, but the cutting of the movies was mediocre, some were not properly cut. The Neo-Noir feel to the movie with the greyscale gives the strong effect within the movie, but the zoom within the movie was very awful, that it was part of the major reason that the movie was not that fully good, it had potential.There was a segment of the dialogue in which was not fully recorded, made the segment pretty off, and the setting once again was pretty questionable, and may have been a different setting to make it more effective. The overall score is the same, 2/5.

Hunter: The work was interesting, better than the others, but it still had issues. At first, it had some pretty choppy editing, on the other hand, there was some dialogue present, even though it was on the average side. The music is done correctly, it sets the tone very accurately, giving it a strong perspective, the clothing is also another strong field, it gives it a more accurate detective feel to it, setting too make sense, even though at the beginning of the film, it kind of feels a little bit confusing as to why. The cutting may have needed to be a little bit faster, the continuity of the film may have been a little bit broken, a more over the shoulder perspective/shot would've improved it. Excluding the dialogue cut, the editing of the film was effective, however, that been said, the focus of the film should've been a bit more clearer. In the end, I will give it a 3/4.

After eight: With this thriller opening, it was a very strong example, suspense was very effective, giving it a stronger feel to the film, but the rain effect at the beginning was very weird, however, but the lighting of the film was very good, the camera work was very solid, done with minimal problems. The flow of the acting was the best out of all of them, thought out with very good intention, even though there was not much of it, it was not very awkward, the cutting of the opening was good, the use of music compliments the work very well, however, the end of it can be a hit or miss depending on who is watching it. This opening gets a 3-4/4.

The Catalyst: The theme of it was interesting, the espionage/assassin of it is a very slick feel to it, the strong music choice once again compliments the film and gives it a more interesting layer to it. However, one issue in which I had was the sniper scope/aim, it did not feel very realistic, it may feel like a gripe, because it does not fully deter the film. The acting was essentially very average, it did not fully stand out, the henchmen involved did not give the film a stronger perspective, while the acting is average, the action was very effective. The cutting had some awkward mishaps, some not in sync segments made it a bit off, like the breathing segment, could've been more in sync. This got a 3/4.

There were some strong examples of how the past works made it right, the strong examples were The Catalyst, After Eight and Hunter. These films were very good examples either because of their strong choice of music, their editing and cutting skills, the shots and angles that they have places within, and various other examples. Whereas the others like Hidden and Power Cut did not fully succeed, either because of the poor lighting choice, the acting may have not have been executed properly, the shots may not have been as intended, and/or that the continuity may have been broken.