Evaluation 7 - Opening Sequence

Evaluation 7 - Prelim

Evaluation- Marking

George's evaluation was very thorough and used a range of methods to evaluate his work. I didn't really understand his work on representation- he chose two very opposite characters to talk about. His work on institutions and audience were very thorough although it wouls have been better to have explained how he intended to use Facebook in more detail. George's director's commentary on his preliminary and final piece were again very thorough but did not show much of a link between the two.
George 16/20

Film Opening Marking

Level 3 36–47 marks
There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;, including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot distance and close attention to mise-en-scene;
• using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions and other effects.


I liked George's film opening. The film contains material appropriate to it's audience. The titles were conventional but a little inconsistent in their timing. The music was appropriate and worked well in setting the tone of the film. The voiceover was a nice idea but seemed odd as it was too short. The camera work was very good on the whole with some nice shot selections. I didn't like the flashback sections which weren't set up particularly well (thrown in, in ranfdom places). I liked the use of slo-mo for the wine glass and the shot at about 1.50 where your villain walks through the camera was nicely done. The meaning was very apparent through your choices of what to show. Two povs from your abuser was perhaps an odd choice.

George 46

Thriller opening -Test screening

I decided to show my opening to a small audience to get there feedback; the feedback I received was positive. They said they liked the music and it immersed them into the story with another saying 'I wanted to keep watching on, so I could find out what happens next'. From that comment, I feel I have achieved what I set out to do and entertain an audience.

Furthermore, I showed it to people outside my target audience as well, they had they same response and enjoyed it. This displays to me how successful the film could be and how it potentially appeals to a greater audience than first thought and again this could be due to the thriller genre being so diverse and appealing to a great deal of people based on the many sub-genres the narrative may follow.

Obsession - Final production piece

Evaluation 6