Labels: Narrative - One Shot Film
One Shot Film Evaluation
0 Comments Published by David Kingsnorth on Monday, December 10, 2007 at 3:23 PM.
I think our self titled 'One Shot' Narrative was one of my stronger pieces of work this term. We thoroughly planned it from start to finish and we followed our planning very closely. The final piece conveys the feeling of anxiety and fear and paints a clear picture of what is happening wihtout any words being spoken. It allows the audience to cast their own opinions as to why this man is being executed and who he is being executed by. There is a feeling of suspense throughout the film and the shadowy, black and white visual style makes the film seem more real to the audience as if it was a defining moment within a wider narrative. Considering the limitations I think the composition and camera movement is good. We try to keep the shot as cloase as possible to draw attention to the characters emotions but not so close that you cannot get a feel for the situation and surroundings where he is being held.
Overall I think our 'One Shot' film was a success. Our idea was fairly simple and this allowed us to concentrate on smaller details. If I was to attempt this again I would like to get a much higher angle shot towards the end of the film. I think we could have highlighted the characters vulnerability a lot more. If we had included some speech in our film perhaps we could have made the audience think more about what sort of man this character is and why he is being executed. I think the narrative does this to some extent but we could have manipulated the audiences attention towards it more effectively with the characters voice over in a sort of self reflective way similar to films such as american beauty where the narrator is already dead when he is reflecting on his own actions.
Overall I think our 'One Shot' film was a success. Our idea was fairly simple and this allowed us to concentrate on smaller details. If I was to attempt this again I would like to get a much higher angle shot towards the end of the film. I think we could have highlighted the characters vulnerability a lot more. If we had included some speech in our film perhaps we could have made the audience think more about what sort of man this character is and why he is being executed. I think the narrative does this to some extent but we could have manipulated the audiences attention towards it more effectively with the characters voice over in a sort of self reflective way similar to films such as american beauty where the narrator is already dead when he is reflecting on his own actions.
Labels: Narrative - One Shot Film
Looking back at the final edit of my pixilation video I can immediately spot several strong points and unfortuneatly equally as many weaknesses. Firstly, I am extremely happy with the way the audio compliments the visual tempo of the film. I identified very early in the task that pixilation isn't a particuarly effective technique without audio. At twelve frames per second the video is slightly jerky even if the camera position is consistant. So I put a lot of time into editing my audio and I think it improved it dramatically. We were encouraged to experiment with filters and settings in photoshop to improve our images but I think I may be guilty of making too many changes and compromising the clarity and the overall quality of my images. Also, the camera position was not kept at the same height as our narrative required a lot of camera movement that made this difficult.
Although the narrative itself is very simple and a little thin, I think it works well. We was given the task of demonstrating a technique that is time consuming and new to us with little to no guidance and the constraint of having to 'use people as puppets'. With this in mind we decided to have a simple narrative where 3 men travel along a road in a relay fashion, using the obsticles along the street as props. We also decided that instead of relaying the bag the bag would relay the 3 men and he would casually walk off at the end. This ending suggests that they were not seeking attention or performing the acts as tricks but were simply spicing up there otherwise boring walk home.
In conclusion I would definately spend more time on the stability and consistancy of the camera. I would also avoid using image filters unless they were neccessary and fairly subtle. I think the visual effect of the technique itself is strong enough that additional image filters are not neccessary and can often reduce the quality of the video.
Although the narrative itself is very simple and a little thin, I think it works well. We was given the task of demonstrating a technique that is time consuming and new to us with little to no guidance and the constraint of having to 'use people as puppets'. With this in mind we decided to have a simple narrative where 3 men travel along a road in a relay fashion, using the obsticles along the street as props. We also decided that instead of relaying the bag the bag would relay the 3 men and he would casually walk off at the end. This ending suggests that they were not seeking attention or performing the acts as tricks but were simply spicing up there otherwise boring walk home.
In conclusion I would definately spend more time on the stability and consistancy of the camera. I would also avoid using image filters unless they were neccessary and fairly subtle. I think the visual effect of the technique itself is strong enough that additional image filters are not neccessary and can often reduce the quality of the video.
Labels: Narrative - Pixilation