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Evaluation Task 7- Directors Commentary

Evaluation question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

After looking back at my preliminary task film, there were several things that I noticed about it that  altered the way I filmed my opening sequence final task. The film was a success, not in the sense that it was a great piece of cinematography, but instead the fact that it helped me develop my film making skills, and see how to simplify for greater effect.


The opening sequence task firstly revealed to me that I was unprepared when I made the film. The poor acting skills of my characters epitomized this failure on my part. The camera I used did capture what I was intending on capturing in the overall scheme of things, however, the clarity of the picture was questionable, and this was another example of lack of preparation by me.

Below are examples of camera work from my preliminary task piece, and my final opening sequence. In the top picture, I used a standard handheld sony HD camera, which did not deliver huge image quality, and did not illustrate the movement that should be present in an action adventure film. The shot below is the opening sequence finalized copy, whereby I used a NIKON HD slow motion camera. This enabled me to capture the movement whilst still capturing good picture quality.

Thus on the back of under preparing for my preliminary task, I was much more prepared for the opening sequence task. I made a draft piece to see areas whereby the filming and acting was poor.

For my final piece, I decided to film in a much more appropriate location given the narrative of the action adventure that my film would follow. Thus, I changed from the dull grey landscape in England, to the warm and vibrant landscape in Australia.

Original Location:



New Location:

Evaluation Activity 6 Final Film Equipment

Evaluation Activity 5- Appealing to target audience

For this part of the task, I attempted to attract the audience by creating a range of film posters, as a form of advertisement. The use of beautiful landscapes, and places of real movement would help to attract people of many different age brackets. The use of the picture in the bottom image will attract many viewers who like to watch sport, as it helps to display his athleticism.

For this stage of the film making process, I decided to make several film posters. I made these as in every successful film, there is a good poster campaign linked with key aspects of the piece. In this case, the beach is an inherant part of my piece, as this is the location of my piece.

I attempted to give this second film poster a much darker look than the first copy. The image shows a skateboarder taking off of a jump. The darkness is a link however, to the opening sequence whereby the boy gets hit by a car on the way to a skating competition. Creating these links was very important to me as it helped make something quite simple have an intricate alternate meaning.

Evaluation Activity 5

How did you attract/address your audience?
My finalized copy of my opening sequence attempts to bring in a wide possible audience through the use of a poster campaign to advertise it. I have also used a story line that will hopefully entertain the viewer throughout, potentially making them spread the word around via a word of mouth marketing campaign. I also addressed a serious issue which is irresponsibility of people crossing roads, and so will hopefully attract families, who are trying to educate their kids on being responsible on the outside world. I also made a facebook profile page, where people could access the videos, and find out news for the film, and also a twitter page, whereby it could receive feedback from my followers.

Film evaluation task 4 Target Audience For Film