Peer assesment

Today we carried out peer assessments on each other’s opening sequences. We judged them of four main areas and scoring them out of 25 for each:

•          Titles
•          Cinematography/editing
•          Introduction of (this included characters, locations, storylines…)
•          Sound

I was really pleased with the feedback I received. I was given two lots of feedback, one final score being 87/100, the other was 91/100.

Here is some general feedback:

• "Clear characters and the relationship between them too -Protagonist (girl) and Antagonist (masked man)"
• "Good range of shot types (extreme close ups etc.) keep audience hooked"
• "I like how the titles appear  to the side/left/come in rather than just in the middle or top of the screen. The range of placements is very good"
• "The point of view movements were amazing and I felt like I was in the film with her"

The main area I lacked in was titles. This is what I aim to change and improve on before my final edit. Here are the specific comments I was given and what I intend to do about it:

“For the ‘ Bloody Nightmare’ title isn’t in the centre of the screen which I feel it should be to emphasise it” – I agree with this. All of the other titles are off centre but ‘Bloody Nightmare’ should stand out to show that it is the film title, not just someone that contributed to it.

Before: 

After:

It is a small change but one I feel is worth making.

It was also commented that the order my actor’s names appeared in was a bit unusual. At the minute ‘Dom Read’ comes up first, but Heidi is the main character. 

“You should make ‘Heidi Green’ appear before ‘Dom Clarke’ comes onto the screen” – This is something I hadn’t thought of but it makes perfect sense. It also follows the conventions of most films (how main characters actors appear first and then the lesser roles appear afterwards). So I have also changed this.