A tense meeting evaluation

  A Tense Meeting Evaluation

Our short film was about two friends who meet at college and see a bar of hersheys fall from above. This then sparks a tense few moments in a mad dash to see who can get to this first. 

I acted in the film and also helped with camerawork and editing too. 

Elements that worked well

-We worked really well together and bounced off each others ideas. For example when filming we were giving each other ideas of what shots would look good and everyone was open to trying it.

-Also when editing, as we were all basically new to the process we worked well in each deciding where shots would go and which would look more successful than others. 

Elements for improvement
-I think something we could improve is our original shot lists. We weren't very prepared when it came to this and it resulted in us taking longer to get started when we did begin filming as we were unsure what to actually shoot.
 - If I could re-shoot I would put extra lighting in the scene where Beth walks through the door into the dark corridor. As it is a lot darker the camera finds it hard to re focus resulting in it being a little hard to see her. It would perhaps look better as a point of view of over the shoulder shot.

Change of hands evaluation

Elements that went well

elements that went well include the variety of shot types that we were able to use for example POV, tracking, over the shoulder and establishing too.

As a group we all cooperated well to film quickly with the short amount of time we had. 



Elements that could be improved
An improvement would be to stick to the shot list as when it came to editing we had to work around simple shots which were missing. 
Also another improvement is when we are editing as we left the sound in which should have been deleted so it was just the music that could be heard. 

Connotations Photo Exercise

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review

Fractured City Photoshop task

Induction Task

Induction Task




Have you ever done any voluntary or paid work for a Media company?
Yes! I have done photography at big family events such as my Grandparents 50 anniversary party and within Girlguiding at unit days out etc.

To add to this, earlier in the year I went to London to be part of a Girlguiding film shoot for a new induction video in their series. I was able to work with a film company with their cameras and lighting and also act in it.




Have I ever used...?

SLR - Yes, I own a Canon 600d and use it all the time for various photography shoots.

Adobe Premier Pro - I have a bit of experience using this in film studies to edit short films.

Adobe Photoshop - I use this regularly in Photography to edit and enhance shots.

iMovie - Me and my brother use this often to edit videos for YouTube and stop motion videos.




Who/What is your favorite...?

Actress (TV) - Jenna Coleman (Mainly with her role in the ITV series Victoria)

Actress (film) - Jennifer Lawrence

Director - Francis Lawrence or Guillermo Del Toro

TV Program - Pretty Little Liars (It's quite bad however, it kept me hooked with every season!)

Film - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Website for media content - Amazon prime or Netflix

Way to watch media content - iPad

First memory of watching a media production-

I think it's watching the film Chicken Little at the cinema with my mum and brother in 2006.




My dream job is to become a cinematographer and to make my own films. In order to help pursue this I follow lots of small film makers on social medias where they post the processes of how they made their own low budget short films. I also make short films with my cousins and stop motions.

I know that to pursue this I could go to more film events and get more experience using film cameras.