Preliminary Evaluation - Ollie Newson

Mise en Scene
Overall, i think our aspects of mise en scene throughout the piece where quite effective, our 'runner' was wearing a black jacket with the hood up and with big black sunglasses, i think this was a good idea because it gave the audience a feeling of mystery and that the character was up to no good. Furthermore, i think the room we used to shoot the dialogue scene was good, because it had a sort of eery and mysterious effect from it, because it was so old and small.

Camerawork
Alea chose a lot of the shots and angles used throughout the scene, and i think she chose very well. When the 'runner' walked into the room, a low angle medium shot was used, which i think really captured the characters dominance and confidence as he entered the room. Moreover, an over the shoulder shot over the character sitting against the window was used very well to capture the 'runners' reaction and him throwing the disk to the other character.

Casting
All of us featured as characters in the film which was very efficient, because it meant that we did not have to find other people to be in it, so it saved ourselves a lot of time. Rasmus played as the character we called in the script 'other', which he sat in the room and and waited for the 'runner' where he would seize the disk of him. Rasmus played this role very well because he kept a very good feeling of mystery about him, which was very effective. Alea played as a sort of evil guard for the character 'other' and she did this very well because she had lots of very interesting masks and fake weapons and so she filled this role perfectly. I played as the 'runner' which i think i did a good job of, as i had the right costume for it, and my acting was reasonably good.

Overall Evaluation
Overall, i think our short film worked out very well, because we achieved everything we wanted to do, and in the required time. Things that i thought went particularly well, were our editing skills to create the slow motion effect at the start of the piece. In addition to this, i think the continuity editing went very well, and it gave the audience a very clear perspective of what was going on, and did not confuse them in any way. However, there were some things that i think could have gone better. One of these things was the white balance, which kept changing itself without us realising, so in some parts of the film it was  a bit off. Also in the 'runner' and the 'other's conversation, it looked like we broke the 180 degree rule, but we didn't because we were panning the camera, but i think next time we should try and make it a bit more clear and steer very far from braking it, so to not confuse the audience.