The Exchange & Evaluation

Evaluation

In my opinion, this exercise went pretty well and I think the aim of the task was definitely met. I'm not saying the final product was perfect though; there were a few flaws.

First of all, the location we chose felt really noir and others definitely agreed on that point. They felt the tunnel was a really good place to shoot and liked the darkness and mysterious elements it provided to the opening giving it a definite noir feel. To further the noir look and feel of our piece, others thought we needed to include more obscurities such as dutch tilts and depth of focuses to add to the noir stylistics.

A few other problem areas in the cinematography were picked up on by our test audience. The tilt up on Kira, they felt, was over exposed and thought a close-up would have been a much better approach. The camera was also rather wobbly at times, especially leading into the close up of myself at the end. I do agree with this points and if I were to re-create the piece I'd definitely change these factors with the audience's views in mind.

The editing of the piece was overall done well but the opening titles ran for a bit too long and were slow - something I definitely agree on. Some said the editing could be tighter too but were vague on their reasons... We agreed that the music definitely fitted the piece and the way there's different music to reflect the characters was recognised almost instantly. Some thought that the way the music was put together in the edit changes too much and sometimes doesn't really flow which I agree with in places. A tighter edit on music would make the piece flow more smoothly and I'd look into finding a way to do this next time.

The characters and narrative received no criticism at all. The characters were easily identifiable as typically noir and some commented that the character in the blazer looked shady and the size of the holdall made them wonder what was in it. The connotations of the red dress were also identified in Kira's character and it was thought to have worked well.

Overall, the negative points made about this piece were fair and I definitely agree changing them would make it much stronger. The audience thought the work definitely met the brief and was suitable for the target audience. Also, the narrative was commented on as being typically noir and really worked towards the overall look and feel of the work. I'm happy with the piece. Obviously, from the feedback of others and myself, I understand there are a few imperfections that would need tightening and how to overcome them. This only makes my understanding stronger for the next piece and hopefully I can track down flaws and tackle them before they even occur for a good piece.