Continuity 1 - Bunking

Evaluation:

* holding a shot steady, where appropriate;
-Each shot is held steady, no shaky shots.(not much more to say)

*framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
-The stair shots each include the stairs and the body of the character no un-necessary items or factors,  for the set up of the scene that was about to happen, which was set by the teacher.
-The conversation with the over the shoulder shots, they are framed well capturing the emotions of the characters, and including the shoulder of the other character to add to the conversation.

*using a variety of shot distances as appropriate
-good use of mid shots, to establish a conversation, and close up to their faces for emotions and reactions to the dialogue and the situation. Low and high angle shots to see the character running down each stair case.

*shooting material appropriate to the task set;
-the piece was about bunking, which is set a school, and they included a character coming into a room, siting down with another character who was already present in the room engaging in a conversation using various shots, which we executed well I think.

*selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
-the lighting behind the boys head, tells the audience that he is the innocent participant in the actual bunking and there is no light shining behind my head which indicates that the girl is influencing him  to bunk. objects such as the tables and desks in the class room are completely appropriate because they hiding in a class room in a school from teachers, it sets up the scene of an average secondary/ sixth form school. and perfect for the project set.
each scene is light daytime, which is relevant because school is during the day making the scene believable.

*editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;
- the editing of the stair scene is short, not to long so the viewer is still interested by the time she reaches the class room, but you can still see her running through the window which is a nice little touch because it moves smoothly into the next scene, always keeping the audience interested in whats happening, the quick cuts portray a scene of urgency which works along side the acting and head movements of the character.
-the over the shoulder reverse shots are edited in this way to introduce the male character with a close up and show the importance of the contrasting facial expressions of each character, then the mid shot at the end leaves the audience wanting more on what happens next, also revealing the body language and slight change in proximity between the characters, when she moves away from him realising that he id not fully "down" with what they are doing.

*using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set;
-the task set required no special effects or transitions, because the piece is on continuity therefore the absence is completely appropriate.

*using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task set;
-The editing was mostly spot on, it flowed and well and each sound in the piece is appropriate. The use of dialogue following a small simple script.

*using titles appropriately.
-this was done well, the titles tell the audience what the piece is about, the story line, that continuity was the aim, also who was involved in the project.