THE EXCHANGE EVALUATION

For the exchange I worked with Jamie Partridge, Charlotte Constance and Emma Coman. These are the roles we were given:

• Acting: Me & Jamie
• Head of cinematography: Emma
• Director & Producer: Charlotte

While we all had main jobs, we all took part in handling the camera and editing after we had finished filming. I felt I made a good contribution to the task because I was the main character and I filmed a few shots while I wasn't on camera. Areas I felt I could have contributed more in was the pre-production including helping make the storyboard.

I helped improve my knowledge of editing by making this project including adding a soundtrack and learning how to create shot transitions although we decided not to use any in the final video. Also we used shots I have never used before and that helped improve my confidence in handling the camera.

We recieved a good response from the class as a whole with feedback saying we had good production values and a clear narrative and the best elements they picked out included; Using the 180 degree line rule to its limits which created interesting shots, good steady framing and camera work, good cross-cutting and the best shot being the OSS of Character B (Jamie) smoking a cigarette spying on Character A (Me).
However, areas they said could be improved were; The music being too much of a high-tempo for the on-screen action, making the costumes more suitable to a thriller, a few of the shots being too long and too much fiddling with the phone at the start of the video.

If we were to make the video again, we would take the feedback and make shorter shots and create more of a high-paced video by adding more shots such as close-ups of what's inside the bag and maybe a face to show emotion for added drama.

THE EXCHANGE

PRELIMINARY EXERCISE EVALUATION

For the preliminary exercise I worked with Jamie Partridge and Courtney Smith. We were given roles to help make the video, they were;

• Cameraman
• Soundman
• Director
• Editor

We all took turns in each of these roles to make sure we had an equal amount of work to do in the making of the video.
Of the work I done, the areas I thought I was most successful in were the camera work and editing. This is because I felt confident handling the camera and taking the shots aswell as learning how to edit and put our video together. The area I thought I could do better in was the directing. This is because at the time I wasn't as confident in the types of shot that would work best.

As a result of making this video I have learnt many new skills that will help me with later tasks in the coursework. I learnt both practical skills, such as how to handle the camera and microphone, and theoretical skills, such as making a storyboard in preparation for the video.

The overall technical quality of the finished video I felt was of a satisfactory standard. The areas I felt were good were the framing of shots and sound recording. I felt we could have done better in the editing, something which would help us do this was to leave bigger handles at the beginning and end of shots and also to make sure we had good continuity.

The feedback we received was generally positive however the audience felt some of the cuts were too sudden. If we had to do the project again we would leave bigger handles which would help with the suuden cuts.

PRELIMINARY EXERCISE