We were shown 7 intros and had to write down what we felt the strengths and weaknesses of the peice were and then asked to give a final grade out of 60.
To help us grade the pieces we were given a mark scheme, particular things which the mark scheme mention to loom out for when grading are to see whether the material is appropriate for the target audience, if it has used titles appropriately, does it sound use sound images and editing appropriately, camera language and is there a clear story established with the help of editing.
South Paw
South Paw is a film about a boy who has to choose between his faith and his love of boxing. The strengths of this film I felt was the music as it had the right beat and sound to what we saw on-screen. There was a clear setting established in this film with the use of long shots, an example of this can be seen in this screenshot of the film.
From this screenshot we can denote that this character lives in a run down and derelict town. Another strength of this piece was that it used conventions which are commonly used in British Social Realism films, it dealt with ethnicity and faith and had a young male lead who could have be the lost boy archetype. South Paw was a good title to use for this film as it is short and gives the audience a vague understanding of what the film is about, boxing. The weaknesses of this film I felt was that the plot was not established very well and had to be told what the plot was to understanding what this intro was about. The camera language in this film did not have much variety or creativity as it was mostly long and mid shots. Overall I gave this film 40 marks but the mark it was actually given was 34, even though this may seem close these marks are in different level groups
Drained
Drained is about an abusive relationship between a girl and her boss. The strengths of this piece I felt was that there was a clear plot established as you can see it is an abusive relationship in this screenshot.
The setting was established quite well with the use of different locations seen as the audience follow the character on her way to work. An issue with this opening is the mise-en-scene as the actors chosen do not accurately portray the characters in this film and the costume the boss character wears does not suit his character as the weak but aggressive man.
Damaged Goods
Damaged Goods is a film about the daily life of a prostitute living in a run down town in London, the title of this film works very well as it is short and relevant to the story. The plot of this film was clearly established and it uses the graphics correctly. This film follows the conventions normally seen in BSR films as it is a story about a prostitute.
A drawback of this film was that it was too repetitive, the music was repetitive, the music used was repetitive and the same shots were used too frequently. This was done on purpose to try and establish that this is this characters daily life and she has to do this over and over again but I felt it could have been done in a more engaging way. The lighting for some shots was too dark which is a problem which would fall under mise-en-scene and it made it difficult to see what was going on in this film. Overall I gave this film 46 marks but the actual mark it got was 57 which is only 3 marks away from the full marks.
Suffocation
Suffocation is a film about a man who works hard but is ignorant to his wife's needs and about how she deals with that. The graphics used in this film is one of the things that stand out as we see it is cleverly used like the credits are placed upon the books and folders and the title we see an animation of it being squeezed referencing the title 'suffocation' but a problem with this is that it takes away from the realism of it as the audience then are taken out of the film to think about how the use of graphics where as in films especially BSR films they should try and make you feel as if the movie is real and to be living it.
After this first scene of him in the office I feel that the film starts to go down hill as nothing much happens after that and the rest of the opening sequence is of the wife just walking around cleaning up and then staring at some bottles of alcohol. I felt that this film opening wasn't exactly a BSR film as the characters in this film are connoted to be middle class from the car they have, to the the clothes they wear and they house they live in. Most BSR films focus on working or underclass characters and so this film does not follow the conventions of a normal BSR film. Overall I gave this film 36 but the actual mark this film got was 42.
Maze
Maze's opening sequence is about a girl who has been abused by her boyfriend and has decided to leave the area to try and get away from him. The music in the opening sequence helps establish the plot but even though it does this well I think it doesn't work with the film as it seems to up beat.It also is too loud and it makes it hard for us to hear what the girl is saying. I felt it had a good range of shots and had a clear plot. The mise-en-scene for this worked really well and you can see that the students put a lot of thought into it. For example you can see the bruises and the blood on the girls face and the clothes they are wearing like hoodies which you would commonly see in a BSR film.
There was a good use of location and settings as we follow the character from where she lives all the way to the train station and can see a lot of different settings this helps establish the genre of this film and where it's set. There was a wide rnage of camera shots which helped keep the film interesting for the audience. The mark I gave this film was 45 but the actual score it got was 56.
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