1. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION SHEET
Quality of Summary My honest evaluation- what Strategies put forward to
was done well and what was make sure a high quality is
not of good standard? Try to maintained.
cite specific example and
moments from your video
Quality of holding a shot Between 0:41 and 0:50 We could use a tripod to put
steady seconds the camera is not the camera in when filming
steady, however when the still frames, as this would
police officer walks in the hold the camera steady and
door and sits down the increase the quality of the
camera is more steady as it shots.
was resting on a surface.
Quality of the framing shots Framing shot of suspect Again, for improving the
between 0:36 and 0:41 framing shots a tripod would
seconds is not of a good be useful as we could
standard as he is too much position it in exactly the right
on the left side of the place in order to get a good
screen, meaning one of his framing shot, with the actors
arms is cut out of the frame in the centre of the frame.
and he is not centered. The
framing shot of the police
officer after this is also not
centered. At the beginning
when the officer walks in the
camera is too low and the
officer’s head is cut out of
the frame slightly.
Quality of shooting material Overall, the quality of our When improving our reverse
appropriate to the task set- shooting material was good, shots if we had cut the clips
i.e. the content of your film we had the right content and more closely we could have
pre and post editing was it was consistent with the had less space between the
consistent with the exam exam directives, however reverse shots so that they’d
directives some of our shots were not be less delayed, however I
steady or didn’t frame the think we did this quite well
actors properly. We included even though it could still be
reverse shots, between 0:27 improved.
and 0:58 seconds, as well
as including someone
walking through the door
and across the room, we
also stuck to the 180 degree
wall rule.
Quality of selecting mise-en- Our mise-en-scene was well When more time is allowed
scène including colour, figure, thought out, the suspect was for our film we can ensure
lighting, objects and setting; wearing typical clothes that our mise-en-scene is
expected of a suspect and improved, we will have
the officer also had costumes that are more
appropriate clothing. All the appropriate, props, lighting
props were included, the and setting that will suit our

2. exhibit bag with the sweet film idea well and increase
in, and the wanted poster the effect. Although, I think
were both prepared our mise-en-scene was quite
beforehand. The lighting good yet of course could be
was natural and so this fitted improved further to make the
in well with the situation, as film more authentic to an
the interview would have audience.
been done in the day. Our
setting was also appropriate
as it resembled an office or
interview room, only there
were a lot of objects in there
that we didn’t want included
in our frames so had to
move or hide behind a
screen.
Quality of editing so that Our editing was quite well Our editing could have been
meaning is apparent to the done, we managed to cut taken a lot further if more
viewer the clips so that there was time was allowed, we could
less time between the have made the film smoother
reverse shots, and we also and flow better, with more
overlapped two shots so that overlapping shots and fading
they flowed better. This from the title at the beginning
improves continuity and into the film etc. However, I
makes it easier for the do think we did quite a good
viewer to understand the job overall on the editing,
content. within the time limit.
Quality of using sound with The quality of sound was The quality of sound could
images and editing mostly good, it was slightly reach a higher standard if
appropriately for the task set; static at times and not speech was clearer and
completely clear, however it louder, and to make sure no
worked well with the images sound of movement behind
and editing and was the camera or static sound is
appropriate. The dialogue included in the shots.
could have been clearer at
times, for example between
0:51 and 0:55 seconds the
speech is quite fast and
therefore not as clear as it
could be, but overall the
sound is fine and clear.
Quality of positioning and Our positioning was good Our actors could have made
movements of actors mostly, he actors were their movements smoother
positioned well apart from and look less rehearsed but
the angle of the camera more natural. The positioning
meaning that sometimes can be improved by this as
they were not centered or well but also by the angle of
fully framed in the shot. The the camera which will
movement of actors was enhance the appearance of
also quite good; it was the shots and how the

3. mostly clear and helped a characters appear in them.
viewer to gather an idea of
what was going on in the
clip. However sometimes
the movement could have
been smoother, for example
when the actors move the
exhibit bag across the table
between 0:32 and 0:36
seconds, their movements
are not very smooth.
Quality of group planning, As a group we worked well To improve this, we could
meeting targets, organization together and were have allocated specific roles,
organised, we planned well so as to make sure all the
meaning we knew what to jobs got done on time. This
do when it came to filming would save time and mean
and editing. We completed planning would be done
the task together and met properly.
the deadlines.
Group dynamics i.e. how did Our group worked on most I think allocating group roles
your group work together tasks together, we all will improve our group
contributed to the script and dynamics, however our group
editing, but two of us acted worked very well together
and two filmed. Everyone in and didn’t have any problems
the group contributed with communication or
equally, and well with each planning.
other.
Other points of evaluation The main equipment To improve these problems
(e.g. equipment related etc) problem was that the we could use a tripod in some
camera movement was jerky shots where the camera does
at times due to having no not need to move, for
tripod or much stability for it. example a medium close up
This also led to the actors of an actor. We could also
not being within the frames ensure that our setting
properly. The setting also contains nothing that we
needs to be improved, as wouldn’t want in the shots, or
the amount of unwanted at least that there was an
objects in the room made it easy way of not including
hard for us to not catch them them in a shot.
within the shots.