Evaluation Activity 7

After finally completing the opening two minutes, we can now look back on the progression from the preliminary task to the finished opening two minutes. Naturally, many changes in the choice of camera angles and changes in the style of editing have occurred after much research into other films. The biggest issue with the preliminary task was the lack of flow, it was very choppy and didn't look professional at all. Another major issue with the preliminary task was the changing colour between shots, this was caused by changing light outside, one shot looked very yellow and sunny, then the next shot looked dark grey and cloudy, even though it was filmed all at the same time. We have learnt from these mistakes and have made as much effort as possible to make sure that the final opening two minutes contains non of these.

Preliminary task:

Opening 2 Minutes:

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Although there are many major differences between the preliminary task and the final opening 2 minutes, i would like to start of by mentioning a few similarities. These two shots are remarkably similar, this is because I liked the shot from the preliminary task and decided it would look good in the final opening 2 minutes, which it did. This is a very generic shot type and is used in a lot of movies; therefore, using it in our film gives it a professional look.

Colour changes/improvements:

Preliminary task

Opening 2 minutes

As you can see from these two screen shots look very different in terms of colour. The preliminary task had not colour correction applied to it; this made it look very bland and un-cinematic, the colour correct however adds to not only the look of the video, but also makes it look much more cinematic. The colours after the colour correction look much better, even though some areas are a little over exposed, but this was a small sacrifice we had to make in order to get much darker blacks by raising the contrast. The colour correction also brings out much more detail in the shot, making it more pleasing to the eye.

Another major improvement that the opening 2 minutes has over the preliminary task is the sound/audio. The sound on the preliminary task is just dead awful. After learning from my mistakes, I made sure to put each audio track in a separate channel; as can be seen on the technology post (Evaluation task 6), this allowed me to make sure that the volumes of all the tracks is the same, making sure that the audio does not fluctuate wildly like in the preliminary task. I also added cross fades to the beginning and the ends of each track, this meant that the different audio tracks merge perfectly.

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Movement that the opening two minutes had over the preliminary task was the location. The location for the preliminary task was very boring; the opening two minutes had a much better location, the location for the opening two minutes was far better and suited the genre of the film nicely.

 

Props were used in the opening two minutes, whereas no props were used in the preliminary task. This gave the film a much better feel, making it look more like a Hollywood blockbuster, which is what we were aiming for. The props look like they belong on the film and not out of place; they blend nicely into the film without the viewer really noticing that they are there, but noticing them just enough to take notice.

Match on action was improved in the opening two minutes, even though the match on action in the preliminary task was actually quite good. The match on action in the opening 2 minutes was much more extensive than the preliminary task. The fight sequence is what I am most pleased with, the action matching is almost perfect and flows very well, there is plenty of match on action elsewhere, but the fight sequence has accurate match on action in rapid succession. In regards to the 180 degree rule, after watching the final edit of the opening 2 minutes, I am certain that we did not break the 180 degree rule, which is important as to not confuse the audience. After looking back over the preliminary task I only saw one incident of the rule being broken, but once is one time to many, so for the opening two minutes I made sure that the rule would not be broken.