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.